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2 edits | said by carlini7  :SQUID So where is your resume of great accomplishments that we all can critique? We are all still waiting. If all you have are personal attacks to write about, you are in pretty sad shape. Also read my response about Network Speedometers. Lame idea? People are getting ripped off for service that they are not getting. What is your solution? BS Finance and Capital Budgeting - California State University of Long Beach
MA Economics - University of California, Irvine
I've done a lot of work in and often managed finance planning and resource management departments for large capital projects for companies like Boeing who's capital investment spending FAR outstrips Verizon's many times over. I've witnessed first hand (Sonic Cruiser) the massive costs of a bad prediction of future demand. At Beoing we also concerned ourselves with the failure of the A380 freighter project and the consequences to Airbus (which are in the billions in case you haven't read). Meanwhile, unlike you I don't tout myself to be an 'expert' in Capital Budgeting, I don't write article and have blogs as if my capital budget expertise is of any importance. You pass yourself off as an expert when you are obviously not.
We're still waiting for you to come up with the capital budget plan for AT&T's fiber deployment.
How much is it going to cost them?
Exactly where is the money to come from?
What are the liabilities for taking on that project?
What are the possible consequences for taking on that project?
What is the expected ROI for that project?
Certainly you would have the answers to these questions.
As far as the beyond lame internet speedometer...DSLR hosts a crap load. Go to www.speedtest.net if you want to see what your speed is.
Providers aren't ripping anyone off, it is plain in ALL of their advertising that speeds are not guaranteed and last time I checked unhappy campers are free to CANCEL their service. Along with capital budgeting you haven't studied marketing or contract law. It's a very simple solution. If you want an SLA PAY FOR IT. Certainly in your travels you've heard of service level agreements, I have one, and pay extra to have it. It's really not that hard of a concept to grasp.
Between the internet speedometer and this latest rant on why the industry isn't jumping in with both feet you have shown your ignorance in business finance.
These companies don't sh!t money. They can't afford to provide 5Mb service with an SLA for $30/mo PERIOD just as they can't cut a check today for $15 billion for a FTTP deployment.
Stick to what you know and business finance ain't it. You simply talk out your ass criticizing these companies when you have zero clue what is involved in these capital projects. Just because you know what router should go where doesn't give you the expertise to figure out how to pay for it.
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So-called Prof. James Carlini is like a investment advisor who tells you the answer is "buy low, sell high". Well duh, how do we do that? There is never an answer to that one. |
