said by baineschile:The average price to run FTTH is $4000 per home. Obviously, Fios is a great product, and delivers what the consumer wants.
What it means though, if the average fios arpu is $100, its going to take 40 months (of a customer not missing a payment or switching providers) to BREAK EVEN.
we wont know if fios is truly a sucessful investment for at least another decade....when they have significantly more penetration in larger cities.
if there is a discovery in the next few years that cable other copper telcos can take significant advantage of (e.g. 2ghz systems) at a low cost, then the fios investment wont look as pretty.
That MAY have been the cost years ago, but isn't even half that now.
