RE Google, I don't think it is just a cost thing. I mean they aren't short on cash.
I suspect the other major factor is time. It takes a long time to build out fiber to everyone. Then there's the regulatory challenges they face in every market... -Hal On Thu, Sep 15, 2016, 9:19 PM Rory Conaway <[email protected]> wrote: > And that is why Google is finally figuring out that wireless is cheaper. > > > > Rory > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *[email protected] > *Sent:* Thursday, September 15, 2016 4:08 PM > > > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] The latest gig city > > > > Fiber has a very long usable life. Probably 75 years or more. > > > > 43 month doubling your money is like 8% ROI. Not too bad. > > > > Then at month 44 it is infinite ROI. How can you complain about that? > > > > *From:* Travis Johnson <[email protected]> > > *Sent:* Thursday, September 15, 2016 4:56 PM > > *To:* [email protected] > > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] The latest gig city > > > > That's why telco's and cableco's use a 20 or 30 year ROI. > > Travis > > On 9/15/2016 3:19 PM, Josh Luthman wrote: > > Takes a long time to pay 43m back with 500/mo revenue. > > > > > > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > > > > On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 5:17 PM, CBB - Jay Fuller < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > But how do you pay for your fiber installation if you don't charge $500 > for gig speeds? > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > *From:* Rory Conaway <[email protected]> > > *To:* [email protected] > > *Sent:* Thursday, September 15, 2016 12:37 PM > > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] The latest gig city > > > > I’ve written about this multiple times and if I remember right Mike, you > hammered me. > > > > We are also doing marketing tests right now and found that even if > CenturyLink can’t maintain NetFlix without buffering with a supposed 10Mbps > circuit, offering 50Mbps at the same price doesn’t get people to change > although that’s early results. We are finding price is better. > > > > Rory > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *CBB - Jay Fuller > *Sent:* Thursday, September 15, 2016 9:40 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] The latest gig city > > > > > > I remember hearing Chuck Hogg and Gerard Dupont @ Shelby Wireless explain > when they started fiber they left it wide open for a few months just to > see....they did not see an unusually large change just because service was > wide open.... > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > *From:* [email protected] > > *To:* [email protected] > > *Sent:* Thursday, September 15, 2016 11:02 AM > > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] The latest gig city > > > > Back in the early days, I doubled the speeds of all of our customers 2 or > 3 times due to competitive pressures and advancements in Canopy. I never > increased the price, just went from 256 to 512 to 1024. Never saw an > increase in the bandwidth usage on our uplinks. > > > > What could a Bob and Sally homeowner and their kids do to make a > significant usage of a Gig? Of course everyone thinks it is sexy and the > next thing you gotta have, but there only so many 4K 3D TVs a person can > watch at one time. I guess they could host a server farm etc, but most > folks will not even fully utilize 50M in the near future. > > > > *From:* Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> > > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 14, 2016 11:12 PM > > *To:* [email protected] > > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] The latest gig city > > > > Interesting. > > > > Of course, one way to read the numbers is they could “upgrade” all the > 110/50 customers to 1000/1000 and the only change would be $400 less > revenue per month, and probably no more bandwidth usage. This is probably > the marketing approach of most gigabit ISPs. If some killer app comes out > that actually uses gigabit speeds, their bluff is called. > > > > > > *From:* CBB - Jay Fuller <[email protected]> > > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 14, 2016 11:40 PM > > *To:* [email protected] > > *Subject:* [AFMUG] The latest gig city > > > > > > One subscriber at the gig level.... > > > > > http://spectator.org/alabamas-gig-city-has-one-gigabit-broadband-subscriber/ > > > > Sent from my Verizon 4G LTE Smartphone > > > > > > >
