For those doubting my calculation, here are the correct numbers: https://www.cga.ct.gov/2012/rpt/2012-R-0515.htm https://www.cga.ct.gov/2012/rpt/2012-R-0515.ht

For those doubting my calculation, here are the correct numbers: https://www.cga.ct.gov/2012/rpt/2012-R-0515.htm https://www.cga.ct.gov/2012/rpt/2012-R-0515.htm At 4% interest, 83 000 subscribers and attributing none of the costs of the fiber network to the smart meter project the payback period is 10 years and 7 months. A far attribution of costs to the smart meter project would bring the payback period to under 10 years.