John: The actual monthly co-location charges in the Bell CO for space are very affordable. Monthly charges for power is reasonable (could be better), setup costs of the power are ridiculous ($15k plus for 30amps of DC power). The big cost is the exorbitant fees they charge just to setup your colo area. For example $20,000 of "project management fees", $2,000 for a fluorescent light fixture (x3), $1,500 for an AC plug to be used for test gear only, etc, etc, etc.
For backhaul, yes that is what I'm talking about. The cost to get from the Bell CO back to our network. As for your last point, yes you are correct. That is what I was talking about when I referred to only being able to reach approximately 25% of our target market from the CO. Regards, Bill > -----Original Message----- > From: John Lange [mailto:j...@johnlange.ca] > Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2010 11:56 AM > To: Bill Sandiford > Cc: TAUG Technical > Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] Asterisk & 1 Gigabit Internet. > > Bill, couple of follow up questions. > > Is it true that the co-location charges for locating the DSLAM at the > CO are very high? > > When you say backhaul, are you talking about the connection from your > DSLAM back to your network? > > I had heard that ILECs are increasingly building fibre to the pedestal > and locating there DSLAMs there to reduce the length of the copper and > increase speeds. Doesn't this effectively eliminate your ability to > compete since you aren't allowed to do the same? > > -- > John Lange > www.johnlange.ca --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: asterisk-unsubscr...@uc.org For additional commands, e-mail: asterisk-h...@uc.org
