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> that the economics of connecting and servicing single cabinets randomly located all over the landscape

I kinda thought the same.

But assuming it can be properly encrypted (hard) what's the difference to swapping in a new server compared to swapping in a new gas bottle? User pays for the initial infrastructure.

Pull the old one out, pop the new one in, 60 seconds, any blue collar worker can do it, if it's setup properly. It would even be automatically checked remotely it was done 100% correctly.

Once every 3 years? Probably cost $50 a pop? Not necessarily crazy.



They say they do a maintenance check once a year, and replace the server every 3-5 years. Half an hour or so, at the company's expense.




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