wifi4milez
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Re: Seriously, though....
I am all for this fiber build but I have to question the economics of it. $1200 per person, $40 per month.....hmmm lets see now.....that means it will take 30 months to break even. This must mean that they really are going to push hard for the TV services and other "value added" services becuase clearly bandwidth alone will not cover the costs let alone make a profit.
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pnh102
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| said by wifi4milez  :I am all for this fiber build but I have to question the economics of it. $1200 per person, $40 per month.....hmmm lets see now.....that means it will take 30 months to break even.
Perhaps they need to go right to ludicrous speed.
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That's the whole point of the fiber. If they wanted to use bandwidth alone, they could try to expand and strenghten their copper services. The point is for video, telephone, internet, and whatever else they can think of to be delivered into your home on the same wire from the same carrier. Therefore they can start getting $200+ a month from every house in America. You know this has the corporate leaders in the ILECs just giddy. They might even get to stamp out all that pesky competition(as if they REALLY have alot of competition).
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batageek
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at least with that type of investment, they're good for a bunch of years (20 at least) on the fiber itself. Maybe it's worth the 30 months.......
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rkmo
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Bussineses are happy to get 15% profit on investment, which is 180 dollars per year or 15 per month. So if all other expenses are going to be less than 25 bucks per month, they should be happy as hell. But, since they are a monopoly or a part of duopoly (cable and phone duopoly), they will probably will not be satisfied with anything less than mafia type return. |
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aztecnology
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said by wifi4milez :I am all for this fiber build but I have to question the economics of it. $1200 per person, $40 per month.....hmmm lets see now.....that means it will take 30 months to break even. This must mean that they really are going to push hard for the TV services and other "value added" services becuase clearly bandwidth alone will not cover the costs let alone make a profit. PS HURRY THE HELL UP AND GIVE ME MY FIBER!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Let's see...
$40/month for internet
$40/month for video
$40/month for voip/wireline
$40/month for wireless
I bet that knocks some time off the ROI, after all most of that money goes into the same pot...
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