Tuesday, 28 June 2016

What are the real costs of the patch panel solution ?

At present the cost is around Rs. 3000/- per apartment for the basic cable package (parts + labor included). The top-level cost breakdown is illustrated below:
We are only collecting half this amount from owners (Rs. 1500/-), the rest will come from cost sharing by the builder and the service providers (Airtel, ACT and Pursuit).  

In particular one serious complication arises when deciding money to be  collected from owners:

  1. No ISP is willing to out-rightly fund the entire patch panel solution for 1426 flats in our complex, especially when their is no guarantee on specific market share of business. But they are willing to share costs for the subscribers they connect. So the association has to seed the investment and then recover the costs from the service providers, necessitating a slightly higher fund collection per apartment than what may actually be required
  2. In many floors, only one owner is a member of association. The other 3 are unknown and therefore they cannot be made to share costs immediately but will ultimately pay 1-2 years down the line. Still we need to provide the solution to the known member (resident or non-resident owner) while at same time trying our best to keep costs for those who pay early in control.

We hope all owners would appreciate these challenges and come forward to co-operate for community's good.

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