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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