 bencPremium
join:2007-06-17
Glen Carbon, IL
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Re: Over $1000 per customer? said by sonicmerlin:What in the world makes you think they'd have to lease the network for $40/customer/month? What kind of massively inflated numbers are those? Jeez. I didn't say or think that. That was actually my point. While BF69 did have the right idea, he really oversimplified the math. So I merely pointed out some things that he may have overlooked. Did you notice the second part where I suggested that the payback period would be 10 years, instead of 3? That figure sounds a lot more reasonable. At that rate, a carrier could charge a customer $50 a month and they would still be able to make a profit. |
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| said by benc:said by sonicmerlin:What in the world makes you think they'd have to lease the network for $40/customer/month? What kind of massively inflated numbers are those? Jeez. I didn't say or think that. That was actually my point. While BF69 did have the right idea, he really oversimplified the math. So I merely pointed out some things that he may have overlooked. Did you notice the second part where I suggested that the payback period would be 10 years, instead of 3? That figure sounds a lot more reasonable. At that rate, a carrier could charge a customer $50 a month and they would still be able to make a profit. Here's a quote from an Australian at Ars:
"The government owned company will be structured with a 15 year debt payback and make a modest return of 6% per annum. The construction phase will also provide a lot of stimulus and employment to the economy. It will have a net positive benefit to the overall economy." |
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 BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | reply to benc
said by benc:said by sonicmerlin:What in the world makes you think they'd have to lease the network for $40/customer/month? What kind of massively inflated numbers are those? Jeez. I didn't say or think that. That was actually my point. While BF69 did have the right idea, he really oversimplified the math. So I merely pointed out some things that he may have overlooked. Did you notice the second part where I suggested that the payback period would be 10 years, instead of 3? That figure sounds a lot more reasonable. At that rate, a carrier could charge a customer $50 a month and they would still be able to make a profit. yeah I simplified it because this is a messageboard not a place for writting novels. But if you insist on an expansion of my point.
I'm sure it was quite expensive 70, 80, 90 years ago to provide phone and electrical service to rural areas. Even if the payback period was 25 years those elctrical and phone companies have had 50, 60 or more years of nice profits. How many TRILLIONS of dollars in profits have been made in the last 50, 60, 70 years by these companies just from these rural areas? The problem is today people are too focused on the NOW and can't see the bigger picture. |
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openbox9
join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA
kudos:2 | The phone company used to be a monopoly with guaranteed profits. Should we return to that so that investors have more confidence in long term returns? |
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