Wirtschaftlichkeitsbetrachtungen zum Ausbau eines Breitbandnetzes im Gewerbegebiet Massen

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Abstract

The usage of the internet is constantly intervening day-to-day private as well as professional life. Consequently, world-wide data traffic is continuously growing. In order to assure a rapid and flawless flow of information the telecommunications network is in need of constant augmentation. Herewith, certain obstacles arise when expanding these networks, notably in areas in which installation costs are accompanied by a rather low population density and hence a limited amount of potential users. Therefore, when looking at the globalization and the worldwide digitalization, companies and their activities as well as processes can be negatively affected due to an insufficient connection to the internet. This report aims to evaluate whether it is economically advantageous to extend wideband in an area that is exclusively occupied by companies and indicates a low user population. Specific attention is paid to the network builders’ situation when construction the passive infrastructure as well as his expenditures, revenues and possibilities to act. For that purpose, the companies’ need for wideband has been analyzed. In addition, this analysis has been compared to the overall supply within the investigation area. As a result, a certain discrepancy between demand and availability of internet access has been determined. Specifically, a verifiable large demand for faster connections has been identified which could not yet be covered by existing offers. Consequently, a cartographic map of and necessary investments for a fiber to the home and a fiber to the curb-networks have been established. Based upon these information investments have been scrutinized by means of capital expenditure budgeting and sensitivity analysis in order to disclose their absolute and relative favorability and profitability. Considering diverse presumptions, the results of these calculations show a relative favorability towards the fiber to the curb solution despite indicating an absolute favorability. With the help of a variation of miscellaneous influencing variables of capital value a deviation of starting points and their circumstances could be projected. Furthermore, these results have been interpreted. As a result, positive monetary investment decisions could only be justified if significant or even unrealistic discrepancies to the prior established assumptions existed. Moreover, the results of the capital expenditure budgeting from these specific potential network users could benefit from general financial support as well as construction allowance. As a result, the decision between both network-technologies should be made in favor to the fiber to the home network expansion infrastructure as various types of not-monetary considerations might compensate the overall financial disadvantage. Nonetheless, based upon the established considerations and due to a financial risk the realization of a next generation network within an industrial area cannot be advised after all.

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Original languageGerman
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Publication statusPublished - 2014
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Keywords

  • Wirtschaftlichkeitsbetrachtung, Breitbandnetz