<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000'>On just the installation.<br><br>You'd also need to factor in all of the other monthly costs in supporting that customer, including the cost of funds.<br><br><div><span name="x"></span><br><br>-----<br>Mike Hammett<br>Intelligent Computing Solutions<br>http://www.ics-il.com<br><br>Midwest-IX<br>http://www.midwest-ix.com<span name="x"></span><br></div><br><hr id="zwchr"><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><b>From: </b>"scott" <surfer@mauigateway.com><br><b>To: </b>nanog@nanog.org<br><b>Sent: </b>Tuesday, June 1, 2021 5:10:17 AM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections<br><br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/1/21 9:56 PM, Mike Hammett wrote:<br>
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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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<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; 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
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<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:
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home passed.</div>
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<p>Unless I missed something, back-of-a-napkin calculations say:</p>
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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>scott<br>
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