> The cost of the rollout - which will involve physically laying cable to individual homes - he thinks will be somewhere between $3,000 and $8,000 per household.
Curious numbers considering Verizon spends ~$700 per home to connect their fiber network. I don't see Google spending more than 10x than what their closest competitors spend. Especially when they can cherry pick an easy market for the test.
Still, the capital expenditure is offset by revenues coming in. At $50/mo that's $600 in revenue coming in per year for each household. Finance the construction and pay it off with the monthly revenue.
The toughest part by far will be dealing with the existing players. No telecom company is friendly to a new entrant.
Curious numbers considering Verizon spends ~$700 per home to connect their fiber network. I don't see Google spending more than 10x than what their closest competitors spend. Especially when they can cherry pick an easy market for the test.
Still, the capital expenditure is offset by revenues coming in. At $50/mo that's $600 in revenue coming in per year for each household. Finance the construction and pay it off with the monthly revenue.
The toughest part by far will be dealing with the existing players. No telecom company is friendly to a new entrant.