New minimum speed for US broadband connections
Valdis Kl=?utf-8?Q?=c4=93?=tnieks
valdis.kletnieks at vt.edu
Wed Jun 2 00:47:56 UTC 2021
On Tue, 01 Jun 2021 10:10:17 -0000, scott said:
> $10400 / $125 = 84 months or 7 years.
> On the high side: 14 years.
Plus ongoing monthly costs that drags out the break-even.
The big question is how to get a CFO to buy into stuff with a long break-even
schedule when short-term profits get emphasized. Telcos strung a lot of copper
when they were assured of multiple decades of returns - and even *then* getting
it out to rural areas required providing more incentive....
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