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From: "Steve Naslund" <SNaslund@medline.com>
What do you mean by average monthly bill? That is the issue here. The average monthly bill includes the services you are getting. In the Chicago area a fiber optic access circuit unbundled from the imcumbent carrier to a competitive carrier is something like $10 a month or so. How could you possibly think you can fund a build out in a new area for that price? It may be possible to pay for that over 20 years. The problem is that no one goes into business to break even over 20 years.
Well, Steve, happens we had this conversation in some detail last year when I was up for a City IT director position, and contemplating fibering 12,000 passings. The magic number is apparently $700-800 per passing, not the $2400 you seem to suggest... Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink jra@baylink.com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://www.bcp38.info 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA BCP38: Ask For It By Name! +1 727 647 1274