Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: Jon Baker Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Screwy PUC Policies Message-ID: <8905@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 13 Jun 90 04:46:32 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Organization: Crossroads, Phoenix, Az Lines: 14 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 430, Message 3 of 13 In article <8860@accuvax.nwu.edu>, mailrus!uflorida!rm1!bapat@ uunet.uu.net (Bapat) writes: > five years to depreciate new computer equipment down to zero. Does > anyone know how long the telcos take to depreciate, say, a 4ESS? Typical depreciation of a central office would be about 20 years. \ / C r o s s r o a d s C o m m u n i c a t i o n s /\ (602) 941-2005 300-2400,9600 PEP Baud 24 hrs/day / \ hplabs!hp-sdd!crash!xroads!bakerj