Wiznet

[Kristofer Coward]

On Mon, Oct 13, 2003 at 11:31:37PM -0400, Ralph Doncaster wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Oct 2003, Kristofer Coward wrote:
> 
> > > > As far as I can tell, current market prices for residential DSL (if not
> > > > also for business DSL) are too low to support the quality of customer
> > > > service that Velocet provided[0] (pre-Wiznet).
> > > [...]
> > > > 0) eg. actually providing some degree of real Linux/Unix tech support
> > >
> > > That's news to me; we've been offering a full-service account for ages
> > > @$34.49/mth.
> [...]
> > If you're making money on that front, I guess you've proven me wrong.
> 
> In the past I've even posted a back-of-the-napkin business case to c.i.h.
> Here's the rough breakdown:
> Bell ADSL loop; $20/mth * 1000 customers = $20K/mth
> Bell 100BaseTx aggregation port; $1000/mth
> 20mbps of IP transit; $3000/mth (~1000 customers)
> Office lease; $1000/mth
> Total: $25K/mth
> Revenue; $30/mth * 1000 customers = $30K/mth
> 
> Add some higher-margin business customers, some colo and web hosting and
> you've got a very profitable business if you can keep your payroll costs
> to a reasonable level.

$5k/mth for payroll seems a little light, but if you've got enough
other business from which you sponge a few hours of employee time here
and there I suppose it could be doable.

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