Re: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica

[Jim Popovitch <jimpop () gmail com>]

On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 10:25 AM, Naslund, Steve <SNaslund () medline com> wrote:
> Nice idea, too bad no one can make any money on building infrastructure but not selling the services on top of it.  
> Remember Global Crossing?  You are asking one company to put up all the capital expense and then try to recover it by 
> allowing access to their infrastructure to anyone at low rates.  Not gonna work.  Just on a piece of paper, figure 
> out what it costs to get fiber to your neighborhood from the nearest central office and then how much you have to 
> charge to pay for that.  If you can get a reasonable price that returns your investment within 20 years, I will be 
> impressed.

IIRC, GLBX didn't receive taxpayer funded subsidies, nor municipal
bonds, in order to roll out their infrastructure.

I would gather that a fiber plant, on whole, costs less than the
number of subscribers, multiplied by average monthly bill, and again
by average length of service.... not to mention 20 years.

-Jim P.