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Re: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica


From: "Bob Evans" <bob () FiberInternetCenter com>
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 08:28:51 -0700

Well, don't forget the labor, taxes, business licenses fees, county taxes
on chairs,
Obama care, accountants and time required.

Bob Evans
CTO
Bob Evans
CTO
Do you need IPv4 space to lease, space you can use until IPv6 is the
standard?





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.






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