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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical RE: SONET Interconnect (was RE: MCI)
> >According to Sean Doran: > > Someone suggested to me that it's because so much money has > > been spent on developing the technology that it HAS to be > > used in order to recover the investment. > > > >Doesn't the fact that they recover the investment mean that enough > >people wanted the product and were willing to pay for it? > > > >Shikhar > > Nah, rather that they woudln't get a choice or would not know > better. ATM is like a pyramid craze. > In this particular case, it has been (voraciously :)) pointed out that people have other choices so I don't think that applies. As for "people not knowing better," I'm not even going to touch that one. > --vadim > > PS Can you say that loss writeoff is a way to recover investment? > I've certainly seen some clever accounting going on :) True. Writeoffs and depreciation are a way to recover some of your costs. But you still have to sell stuff to recover all of your investments. But, I'm not an accountant so I don't know how far these things can be stretched. If you have any good ideas, pass them on. April 15 is fast approaching. Anyone got a router that I can use as a tax shelter? ;-) Shikhar
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