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Re: New home builders without wires


From: Tim Howe <tim.h () bendtel com>
Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2024 10:27:14 -0800

On Tue, 3 Dec 2024 20:15:46 +0200
Mark Tinka <mark@tinka.africa> wrote:

I doubt it will be long until sense prevails.

        It's always too late.

        Installing facilities after the fact will cost 50 times more
than if they had been done during neighborhood construction.  Nobody
will want to pay for that.  It will not pencil out for a competing
provider to foot the bill...  Especially when they can expect a low
take rate competing with a cheap alternative that is "good enough" for
most folks.

--TimH


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