Comments on: Or does Wireless Philadelphia owe EarthLink money? http://breitbart.wordpress.com/2008/03/28/or-does-wireless-philadelphia-owe-earthlink-money/ on media and technology Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:22:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: Jeremy Leipzig http://breitbart.wordpress.com/2008/03/28/or-does-wireless-philadelphia-owe-earthlink-money/#comment-33471 Jeremy Leipzig Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:16:13 +0000 http://breitbart.wordpress.com/?p=262#comment-33471 I would imagine each AP draws about 15W (from what I can see on the Cisco Aironet specs). This is of course much less than the streetlight itself during nighttime. Assuming they are charged $0.005/kWh (i suppose they might be charged up to $0.03/kWh if each router is considered a household) 15W / 1000kW/W * 24hr/D * $0.005kWh = $0.0018/router per day 5000 routers * $0.0018 = $9/day * 365d/y = $3285/year I think the absolute worst case "screw you" billing scenario would put it at <$20k/year I would imagine each AP draws about 15W (from what I can see on the Cisco Aironet specs). This is of course much less than the streetlight itself during nighttime.
Assuming they are charged $0.005/kWh (i suppose they might be charged up to $0.03/kWh if each router is considered a household)
15W / 1000kW/W * 24hr/D * $0.005kWh = $0.0018/router per day
5000 routers * $0.0018 = $9/day * 365d/y = $3285/year

I think the absolute worst case “screw you” billing scenario would put it at <$20k/year

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