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BBKing · 13-12-2004, 10:35

The cost of the engineer's time and motoring to get the modem to you and install it is a substantial portion of the install cost - the modems themselves are as cheap as any other mass-produced hardware these days. STBs are obviously more, they've got more bits and a smaller production run.

13-12-2004, 10:35	#6
BBKing R.I.P. Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: London Services: 20Mb VM CM, Virgin TV Posts: 5,983	Re: How much are SACMs? The cost of the engineer's time and motoring to get the modem to you and install it is a substantial portion of the install cost - the modems themselves are as cheap as any other mass-produced hardware these days. STBs are obviously more, they've got more bits and a smaller production run.