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 Of course not  - my bad.  I really meant 
"less than 500 bananas". 
  
V. 
  
  Vincent,  
  No 
  dollar figures, please!!  
    
  Fe. 
  
    
    David, 
      
    
    I'd like to add that 
    the cost of an entire ONU 
    should be in the sub-$500 range by late next 
    year.    
      
    If you add the cost of the electronics 
    and processing required to terminate a 2.5 Gbps data stream, I 
    seriously doubt this is achievable. 
      
    Vincent  
    
      
       Carlos, 
       As Vincent 
      mentions the most important thing here is cost.   
        
      
        - The 
        main ONU costs today lies on the optic, where rates above 622Mbps 
        upstream requires expensive lasers in order to maintain the required 
        distance and split. Moving to 2.5 Gbps upstream will result in very 
        expensive transceiver.
  
           
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