Re: Why Singapore internet price is too high

You are assuming that you are the # 100,001?

"Nemo" <nemo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> When it reaches me, it is pure variable costs with fixed costs all
> paid for by the previous 100,000 subscribers.
>
>
> On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 12:35:40 +0800, "the good guy" <good@thinking>
> wrote:
>
>>not so.
>>
>>to lay the last-mile, the cost comes from the engineering cost, manpower
>>(technicans), operational cost. the fiber/copper are cheap but the
>>back-end
>>handling is comparatively expensive.
>>
>>
>>
>>"Nemo" <nemo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>news:anh9h1tn37512bia6o4krvcf2kmdc7d6q7@xxxxxxxxxx
>>> Granted. But the difference shud not be that great esp when I am
>>> broadbanding in my home.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 00:01:02 +0800, "the good guy" <good@thinking>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> >supposing that u didn't count the following:
>>> >
>>> >1. low overhead - shop rental, manpower
>>> >2. economy of scale (10 mbps shared by 100 computers)
>>> >3. no need last-mile solutions to each house
>>> >4. dirt cheap computers
>>> >
>>> >China is developing country. It's prices are considerablely low because
>>the
>>> >mainstream businesses are still in the low-margin industries. Not like
>>> >Singapore, where our mainstream industries are high-tech, banking, etc.
>>> >
>>> >If you wish to pay 40 cents, get prepare to earn only $40 per hour for
>>> >an
>>> >internet cafe (100 PC).
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >"Di Da Di" <didadi@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> >news:43133872$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> >> The current boradband prices between the players are so artificial in
>>that
>>> >> they almost no diffrent from each other. Beside the monhtly price at
>>the
>>> >> lowest at $58 per month is still very high and even more expensive
>>> >> than
>>in
>>> >> undeveloped country like china.
>>> >>
>>> >> I was recently in China and during that time I went to internet cafe
>>> >> to
>>do
>>> >> some emails and internet surfing. There are plenty of internet cafes
>>> >> in
>>> >> China and all of them by now are licensed and so on.
>>> >>
>>> >> I went to one which has 100 of computers and most of the people are
>>> >> for
>>> >> gaming and so on. The lovely counter girl told me that for email the
>>price
>>> >> per hour is $2 Rmb which is omly Singapore 40 cents per hour. If for
>>> >gaming,
>>> >> the price is $4 Rmb, which is 80 Singapore 80 cent per hour.
>>> >>
>>> >> Why is that our internet is so aritficial as it seems to be
>>> >> controlled
>>by
>>> >> the same bosses that run the other two. If Singapore is adevleoped
>>> >country
>>> >> and efficient in infrastructures, why is it that it is still so
>>expensive
>>> >> that have no changed over the past 10 years when China is a
>>> >> undeveloped
>>> >> country but internet price is dirt cheap.
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >
>>>
>>
>


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