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:
