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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/1/21 9:56 PM, Mike Hammett wrote:<br>
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<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; 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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<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:
10pt; color: #000000">That's one hell of an install cost per
home passed.</div>
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<p>Unless I missed something, back-of-a-napkin calculations say:</p>
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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>scott<br>
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