I am getting >80% and it is still growing.
-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Hohhof
Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2016 4:00 PM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Ammon City fiber
Depends on how confident you are in your market projections. Some would say
build the temporary solution to find where the customers are, then build the
long term solution. Of course if that were true, the LECs would all be
replacing their copper with fiber.
You may assume if you build fiber and price it low enough, you will get 100%
take rate. But what if it turns out you built into Amish country, or a
retirement community where they just want to check Facebook to see if any of
their friends has died? Or everyone just signed a 2 year contract with
another provider?
-----Original Message-----
From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of fiber...@mail.com
Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2016 4:48 PM
To: af@afmug.com
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Ammon City fiber
Bill Prince wrote:
We are now debating this same thing with regard to internet service,
and further whether it should or should not be provided over fiber.
I sit firmly on the fence on that last one.
I'm not. I'm firmly in the NO camp.
Fiber is just a tool. There is nothing magical about it. You should use
the best tool at your disposal.
Fiber should be used IF:
- it has the lowest cost of ownership, over the lifetime of the asset AND
the expected service time
If some other technology can provide the needed service(s) at the required
service levels cheaper, then use that instead.
What is stupid, is building temporary solutions and upgrading them
piecemeal at a greater cost, when you could start with the best possible
solution, gain the benefits immediately and pay that off as soon as
possible.
Jared
