Scott, Are you willing to lend that money interest free?
Are you running that network for $0/mo? How are you getting free bandwidth? What are the chances 100% of your customers have 0 problems, pay on time every day? That 14 years turns into 30 very quickly. Josh Luthman 24/7 Help Desk: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Tue, Jun 1, 2021 at 6:10 PM scott <sur...@mauigateway.com> wrote: > > On 6/1/21 9:56 PM, Mike Hammett wrote: > > For something "future-proof" you have to run fiber. Rural fiber would cost > $5 - $10/ft. That's $26k - $52k per mile. > > Most rural roads around here have 2 - 3 houses per mile. I'm sure the more > rural you go, the less you have. > > That's one hell of an install cost per home passed. > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > Unless I missed something, back-of-a-napkin calculations say: > > > on the low side: > > > $26000 / 2.5 = $10400 > > > $50/month charge to the rural customer gives $125 > > > $10400 / $125 = 84 months or 7 years. > > > > > On the high side: 14 years. > > > > scott > > >
