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Re:Comcast is turning your Xfinity router into a public Wi-F... by altcognito on Tuesday June 10, 2014 @12:40PM (#7873618)
So roughly $76 per customer. That cost could be amortized over, yknow, 6 months at $12.

edit: You did say, "millions", but my point still stands. Unless it was 10+ million, which seems like a stretch.

also: You don't have to amortize it over anyone in particular. You have revenue, you get to dictate how that revenue is spent.

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Re:Comcast is turning your Xfinity router into a public Wi-F... by grecy on Tuesday June 10, 2014 @12:48PM (#7873674)
It was a few "millions".

Remember, too, that only a small percentage of customers have chosen to upgrade to 100MBit, so you can only amortize it over them. We did the business case beforehand and it didn't really make sense to be honest. We did it to keep the regulator happy(er) (we're not in the US).

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