----- Original Message ----- > From: "Leo Bicknell" <bickn...@ufp.org>
> Here's an article with some economics from several different > deployments: > http://fastnetnews.com/fiber-news/175-d/4835-fiber-economics-quick-and-dirty > > Looks like $500-$700 in capex per residence is the current gold > standard. Note that the major factor is the take rate; if there are > two providers doing FTTH they are both going to max at about a 50% take > rate. By having one provider, a 70-80% take rate can be driven. I was seeing 700 to drop, and another 650 to hook up; is that 5-700 supposed to include an ONT? > Even with us a 4%, 10 year government bond, a muni network could finance > out a $700/prem build for $7.09 per month! Add in some overhead and > there's no reason a muni-network couldn't lease FTTH on a cost recovery > bases to all takers for $10-$12 a month (no Internet or other services > included). This is the class of numbers I was hoping to get to, yeah. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink j...@baylink.com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://baylink.pitas.com 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA #natog +1 727 647 1274