[170130] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Level 3 blames Internet slowdowns on Technica
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jay Ashworth)
Mon Mar 24 13:40:59 2014
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 13:25:07 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jay Ashworth <jra@baylink.com>
To: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
In-Reply-To: <9578293AE169674F9A048B2BC9A081B4B5420BFF@MUNPRDMBXA1.medline.com>
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----- Original Message -----
> 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
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