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To: GraceZ who wrote (19444)	2/6/2000 7:14:00 PM
From: E. Davies	Respond to of 29970

Western Integrated Networks of Denver said it plans to build a $600 million network throughout the county The little-known start-up company unveiled its ambitious proposal yesterday and said its goal was to wire the entire county* within the next five years.* Installing a competely new network of fiber-optic cables throughout the county would require streets to be dug up to lay the new lines $600 Million and 5 years to wire one county! Thats likely highly optimistic too, imagine all the regulatory nightmare involved. It works out to ~$900 spent per cable TV subscriber in the county. Maybe $2000 per customer they will get in the end. At $50-$100/month/customer how long will it take to pay off? The interest on $600 Million @6.5% is $325,000/month. I think this makes my point very well. Eric