patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
kudos:1 | reply to ConstantineM
Re: why are they still investing in old copper instead of fibre? said by ConstantineM:A 775$ subsidy per line for DSL?
Whereas the whole cost of an aerial fibre network is 500$ per house?
Yes, sounds like a good way to spend the federal money! When will these people finally put a stop on wasteful spending, and will approve of plans that actually benefit the consumers and the taxpayers?
Frontier is simply charging their retail labor price to the govt. An ILEC craftsman/blue collar is $120 per hour, you need 2 in each truck. Even assuming $30 per hour cash pay, and $30 in payroll taxes and benefits, thats only $60 per hour. The other $60 are Frontier's dividends. Engineering is $200 per hour. The phone and cable networks were never built over the 20th century using the "retail" price of labor, they were built using in the internal price. |
