Cost of Installation
2.11 The cost for a building owner to install a 3.7 metre
satellite dish and related reception equipment is approximately $105,000. Most apartments would be already wired to a CABD system and the satellite dish could be connected to the apartment without further cost. The cost per apartment would depend on the size of the building as follow:
Table 2.6
Number of
Apartments in Building
Cost of $105,000 divided by number of apartments
($)
100
150
200
250
300
1050
700
525
420
350
2.12 The cost of laying new cable from the dish to the
apartment to a specification compatible with Cable TV would be $400 per apartment (the cost of maintenance is minimal - about $25 per month per apartment)
2.13 Thus the installation cost of a SMATV System for a 150 apartment building would be no higher than $700 ($1100 if new wiring is needed). Therefore the cost of installation is very low and will not inhibit the spread of SMATV. It will however attract a variety of small operators whose quality of installation and customer service will be highly inconsistent.
OVERALL DEMAND
2.14 We show below the statistics for privately owned
households by number of units within a building or complex. We have excluded public housing units from the figures.
Table 2.7
Category
(a)
(b)
150 to 500 units
(c)
Residential Complex Size
Less than 150 units
More than 500 units
Total Private Households
338,700
381,500
341,000
1,061,200
Source: Rating and Valuation Department
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