Haven't run the numbers, but it doesn't look like this number is taking into consideration staff cost, other overhead such administrative cost, insurance, non-wireless gear and most importantly a reasonable profit margin.
Looking at it from the other direction, I currently spend about 20% of opex on bandwidth. Granted an user increasing bandwidth doesn't cost me more in administrative (once we account for UBB), insurance and other non-transport costs, but you do have to remember there is a significant cost to running the network outside of gear and bandwidth so if you figure out the cost per GB to deliver to the customer and all of a sudden the majority start nearing their cap consistently it will be eating into your paycheck. On 5/2/11 4:48 PM, Matt wrote: >>> What is cost per megabit from your upstream? > Divide your cost per megabit by 120 to get a good idea of your cost > per gigabit at the NOC. If your paying $20 per megabit you would be > at 0.17$ per GByte. > > Figuring your cost on the wireless network is nearly impossible. I am > considering: > > Total cost of AP and BH wireless gear at site and used to feed site. > Divided by 24 months. Add any rental. Divided by your total max > available bandwidth. Divided by 2. Gives cost Mbps. > > A site could be six canopy 2.4 AP's and a CMM. Total max available > bandwidth would be 60Mbps. Guessing prices. Bandwidth is 20$ Mbps. > Price per GByte is 0.18$ I think that's too low but I did not > figure/guess any BH gear cost. > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
