New minimum speed for US broadband connections

Tue Jun 1 22:59:05 UTC 2021

On just the installation. 

You'd also need to factor in all of the other monthly costs in supporting that customer, including the cost of funds. 

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Mike Hammett 
Intelligent Computing Solutions 
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Midwest-IX 
http://www.midwest-ix.com 

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From: "scott" <surfer at mauigateway.com> 
To: nanog at nanog.org 
Sent: Tuesday, June 1, 2021 5:10:17 AM 
Subject: Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections 

On 6/1/21 9:56 PM, Mike Hammett wrote: 

For something "future-proof" you have to run fiber. Rural fiber would cost $5 - $10/ft. That's $26k - $52k per mile. 

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Most rural roads around here have 2 - 3 houses per mile. I'm sure the more rural you go, the less you have. 
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That's one hell of an install cost per home passed. 
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Unless I missed something, back-of-a-napkin calculations say: 

on the low side: 

$26000 / 2.5 = $10400 

$50/month charge to the rural customer gives $125 

$10400 / $125 = 84 months or 7 years. 

On the high side: 14 years. 

scott 

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