On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 10:25 AM, Naslund, Steve <snasl...@medline.com> wrote: > Nice idea, too bad no one can make any money on building infrastructure but > not selling the services on top of it. Remember Global Crossing? You are > asking one company to put up all the capital expense and then try to recover > it by allowing access to their infrastructure to anyone at low rates. Not > gonna work. Just on a piece of paper, figure out what it costs to get fiber > to your neighborhood from the nearest central office and then how much you > have to charge to pay for that. If you can get a reasonable price that > returns your investment within 20 years, I will be impressed.
IIRC, GLBX didn't receive taxpayer funded subsidies, nor municipal bonds, in order to roll out their infrastructure. I would gather that a fiber plant, on whole, costs less than the number of subscribers, multiplied by average monthly bill, and again by average length of service.... not to mention 20 years. -Jim P.
