said by wierdo :

There isn't a company in the world amortizing the cost of networking equipment over 30 years. That's a likely figure for property and plant, though.

said by patcat88 :

Their Bay Networks equipment was amortized over 30 years and it must generate revenue for 30 years before being permitted to be removed.

said by fcisler :

Hahahah $400. Please provide me that service. You can't....when your buying several gigabits, then possibly.

The $2,000 we pay would most likely be $3,000+ to any other business. We are "local gubbament" and get significant discounts on it.

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so a 100mbps conenction would cost you a little more than 400 dollars with equitment and taxes, much less than your famed 4000 dollars.

said by halfband :

So you and your neighbors are not using any more bandwidth this year than last year? I know that mine has increased significantly due to video/streaming. For cable companies the issue is in the last mile until DOCSIS 3 gets rolled out. I am not sure why telco's seem to see the need promote caps.

said by joako :

But if I buy a port from a wholesale provider are you implying that it does not connect anywhere?

said by joako :

That wholesale provider needs an infrastructure, which at least financially, will look very similar to what an ISP needs

said by openbox9 :

I responded by stating that bandwidth is relatively low cost and that the transport and support costs are really the factors driving ISP costs. I added that if costs for support and transit are included in the $10-14/Mbps cost estimates (which they aren't BTW), then Chiyo 's argument about the need for caps may be valid.

pspcrazy added that the cables already exist and that support costs are a minor factor. pspcrazy then attempted to restate that caps aren't needed.

I responded by stating that the cable doesn't exist and that transport and support costs are indeed key cost factors for ISPs.

said by JasonOD :

Bandwidth is a very small item (and growing smaller) in the list of ISP expedetures. Hardware and human costs are the real costs. Caps in fact, are only thing that will keep ISP's ahead of the bandwidth demand growth curve. Without it, we'd all be faced with an overloaded infrastructure 24/7. Unless you want to lose your cheap internet.