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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Mike Hammett wrote:<br>
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font-size: 10pt; color: #000000">For something
"future-proof" you have to run fiber. Rural fiber would
cost $5 - $10/ft. That's $26k - $52k per mile. </div>
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font-size: 10pt; color: #000000">Most rural roads around
here have 2 - 3 houses per mile. I'm sure the more rural
you go, the less you have. </div>
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font-size: 10pt; color: #000000">That's one hell of an
install cost per home passed.</div>
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<p><b>From: </b>"scott" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:surfer@mauigateway.com"><surfer@mauigateway.com></a> </p>
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<p>Unless I missed something, back-of-a-napkin calculations
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<p>on the low side: <br>
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<p>$26000 / 2.5 = $10400</p>
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<p>$50/month charge to the rural customer gives $125</p>
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<p>$10400 / $125 = 84 months or 7 years.</p>
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<p>On the high side: 14 years.<br>
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<p>Mike Hammett wrote:</p>
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<p>On just the installation.<br>
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You'd also need to factor in all of the other monthly costs in
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<p>Ok, charge them a bit more per month. That's why I used a low
figure like $50/month.</p>
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