MV>> I can see why YOU would not want to invest that much, always MV>> wanting everything for free, but if I could have twice the service MV>> for half the monthly fee, I would seriously consider such an MV>> investment.
RB> With an EUR 2000 charge up front? It takes a long time to amortize RB> that, even if the monthly rate is lower than before.
Why not? The amount as such is no show stopper. As long as I get a good return on investment the upper limit is what I have available to invest. What do I get when I leave it in the bank?
Presently I pay about EUR 50 a month for internet + TV + telephone. That's EUR 6000 in 10 years. If I can reduce that by half, EUR 2000 now is agood investment even if that would be all I get. But as Björn has pointed out, it is an investement in the future. I get much more than just an EUR 1000 reduction on my comm cost for the next ten years...
RB> Aside from which, fiber is only available in larger cities (Frankfurt, RB> Cologne, Berlin, Munich etc) in Germany anyway.
Maybe if you can find 50 neighbours also willing to invest, like in Björn's situation, fibre could be made available where it is not available now..
RB> And then there's the Telekom and the "last mile" to contend with. RB> Maybe you don't have thise in NL, but we in Germany do.
The last mile monopoly is history by ate least a decade. TTBOMK in all of thhe EU.
MV>> My guess is that I won't be the only one in this neighbourhood...
RB> You wouldn't be, but the majority here would gasp once and forget the RB> affair.
