I thought JRA was asking about the upstream cost. Owen
> On Aug 2, 2014, at 0:43, Mark Tinka <mark.ti...@seacom.mu> wrote: > >> On Friday, August 01, 2014 07:17:24 PM Jay Ashworth wrote: >> >> So we'll assume we could get 4 for 22k to make the >> arithmetic easy, and that means if we can put 44 people >> on that, that the MRC cost is 500 dollars a month for a >> gigabit. That is clearly not consumer pricing. Was >> consumer pricing the assertion? > > I think Owen's pricing is based on 10Gbps router ports > (Owen, correct me if I'm wrong). > > This is not the only way to sell 10Gbps services. > > Having said that, in context of home broadband, I was > referring to AN's (Access Nodes), particularly based on > Active-E (you don't generally place consumer customers > directly on to 10Gbps router ports). > > The 10Gbps ports on an Active-E AN are in the same 1U > chassis as the 44x Gig-E ports. And depending on how many > you buy from vendors for your Access network, you can get > pretty decent deals with good return if you get great uptake > and have a sweet price point. > > Mark.
