so how much does the license cost? price structure, etc. Wasn't assuming anything, but since others claim to know how about posting the facts and figures rather than belittling and laughing at others who may not.
The people who know are almost certainly prohibited from disclosing such information.
The point is: we don't know what the scanner manufacturers' per-unit cost is for licensing DVSI's IMBE vocoder. It's likely we never will.
Obviously it is considerable being the difference price points are so great between an analog only Trunktracker and a digital capable one.
I don't believe we can logically reach that conclusion ("obviously it is considerable"). There are too many other factors involved with digital vs. analog-only scanners. For example:
* number of models on the market
* size of market (i.e. units sold)
* price people are willing to pay
* other features (not related to digital operation) in available digital scanners that are not found in analog models
For all we know, the per-unit cost to manufacturers for the DVSI IMBE vocoder could be $100, $20, $1, or 25 cents, if there's a per-unit cost at all. Since we don't know, it's pointless (and somewhat silly) to claim that the prevalent $500 price tag for a digital scanner
must, somehow, be based on such a licensing expense.