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Article #370Re: Prediction of the future of Broadband
From: Rod Speed
Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 21:51
Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 21:51
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Snoopy <tennyson@caverock.net.nz.N-OSP-AM> wrote in message news:3ce17be1.1381790@news.caverock.net.nz... > Rod Speed <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote >>> Easy to wire up the urban areas. One connection >>> to each apartment building with hundreds of units. >> Cant be that easy, Optus has chosen to not wire those. >>> In OZ, one connections connects >>> one house. Far more expensive. >> Odd that Optus has chosen to wire those. >> Maybe its just another nice theory, pity about the reality... > So why didn't Optus do it Rod? Rather obvious really. It actually costs MORE to connect a single unit in a block of units than it does to connect a standalone house. > Bad management? Nope. Good management. Their cable operation has always lost money, to the tune of $400M in the last year, and connecting those units at a substantially higher cost than a house would cost would increase that loss. > Too difficult to retrowire appartments? Its not difficult, just significantly more expensive than to connect a standalone house. > Demographic of people living in appartment blocks means > they wouldn't get enough business to justify the investment? Nar, its not that.
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