On Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 7:40 PM, Reid Katan <ka...@his.com> wrote: > Quoting "Eric S. Sande" <esa...@verizon.net>: > > I mean, it's easy to say that bandwidth is cheap, but not if you're >> in the business of building the infrastructure. >> >> http://news.cnet.com/8301-30686_3-20001377-266.html >> >> So, some ups and some downs. >> > > Let's see. If we combine this: > > "Initially, Wall Street was skeptical about Verizon's bet. It costs Verizon > about $750 per customer to wire an entire neighborhood for the Fios Fiber > service. And for every customer who signs up for service, Verizon spends an > additional $600 to bring wire directly to the home." > > With this: > > "And in markets where Verizon's Fios service has been around the longest, > insiders report penetration rates have exceeded 50 percent for Fios > high-speed Internet and are approaching 50 percent for Fios TV." > > And do a little math (scary, I know). . .let's see, ($750+$600)*2(half the > potentials taking)=$2700. Now, I don't know what the service is going for, > but if it's anything like Concast, er, Xfinity, It'll be more than > $100/month. That's 27 months to break-even. Pure profit after that. That > doesn't sound so bad. > > Well that neglects paying for TV programming so add a couple of months. I pay $110/month to VZ for the base FIOS package but it expands up to $160 when you throw in an add on or two and taxes.
There was an add for FIOS for $70/month for 6 months in today's Post. -- John Duncan Yoyo -------------------------------o) ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
