On 2/11/10 9:25 AM, Paul McNett wrote: > On 2/11/10 6:43 AM, Stephen Russell wrote: >> On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 2:44 AM, Alan Bourke<alanpbou...@fastmail.fm> >> wrote: >>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8509110.stm >>> >>> They're creating their own proprietary internet, you wait and see. >>> -- >> >> I wonder how they are going to fund the DELIVERY to end users? Can >> you see them getting connections to key business campuses but not >> reworking the infrastructure to homes outside of say where Google >> operates in offices? There are just too many switches between here >> and there that google doesn't own. > > I think they could absorb it for the stated 50,000 to 500,000 initial > rollout. How > much would it really cost for them to bring fiber to my house from where AT&T > has > already brought it to the street corner, about 250 feet away. > > Concrete cutters, trenchers, conduit runners, city permits, deal with AT&T, > the fiber > and termination equipment. I'd think a team of 3 people could do the work of > running > the fiber to my house in about half a day, if they were allowed to backfill > the > cut-out concrete sidewalk with asphalt or something. If not then add a > concrete-pouring team to the total. > > $5K in salaries for the half day, plus parts ($1K?). One *very happy* > customer. > Multiply by 500,000: > > $ 2,500,000 cost, 500,000 *very happy* customers, all with friends that start > demanding the same service from AT&T, Verizon, Comcast, etc... > > I think the idea may just be brilliant. And they've thrown hundreds of > millions if > not billions of dollars into the wind by now, so it isn't even a drop in the > bucket > for them.
Sorry, major math error (multiplied 500,000 times 5, instead of 5,000). I still think that while the move may be an exceptionally bold one, it could pay off handsomely for them long term. Paul _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/4b743f04.9020...@ulmcnett.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
