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On 01/30/2011 08:50 PM, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:unsolicited@swiz.ca">unsolicited@swiz.ca</a> wrote:
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You're right, it probably costs them many more thousands of dollars than
$1.27. Without recouping their costs, why would they invest more in
infrastructure, yet we are all complaining about speeds, and costs.
Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not advocating Bell in any way here. But that
first customer on that piece of equipment that causes the capacity of that
piece of equipment to be exceeded will trigger a cost incursion of many
thousands of dollars. By the time you acquire, let alone install, maintain,
track usage for billing, and all the other costs, you're into many
thousands of dollars. Which is really all to say - ISPs have oversold lines
per piece of equipment, stupidly, and now have found a way to finance a
capacity increase.
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Well. let's look at Bell's profits to see if they are loosing money.<br>
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<a href="http://www.cellular-news.com/story/41820.php">http://www.cellular-news.com/story/41820.php</a>
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They made <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse:
separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';
font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal;
letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2;
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widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; font-size: medium;"><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:
verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">C$3.98
billion<span class="Apple-converted-space"> in Q4 2010. that
amounts to almost C$16b per year.<br>
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Having worked for a supplier for Bell Canada in a previous
job, and hence knowing the costs <br>
of building network infrastructure, I would say Bell can easy
make good profits without UBB.<br>
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- Ralph<br>
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