PacketWiz® Consumer - The Business Case Calculation for residential networks

Are you a network operator? PacketWiz® is designed to quickly and comprehensibly illustrate the significant cost savings you can achieve with BECS® network orchestration solution.

The goal of this Business Case calculation is to give a rough estimate of potential savings and accounts for average implementation and licensing costs to provide an estimated Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). While you supply some input values, most variables in the model are fixed, based on our experience with other operators. These values can vary depending on your network's current state.

We are available to help refine the Business Case to better suit your specific network needs. Feel free to contact us at sales@pfsw.com.

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Financial assumptions

Including indirect employer fees and company overhead.
Turnover related to residential business.
Average spending to access and CPE / ONT hardware
Choose the access technology you use. Selecting PON will omit certain cost savings, such as zero-touch configuration and firmware upgrades of access devices.
The number of active (=paying) customers today
The number of new active customers
The number of customers that discontinue their service.
How do we get these numbers?

The breakdown

Here is a summary of the assumptions we have made in the Business Case calculation.

Network size

If PON is chosen as the network technology, access device (OLT) management savings are not included in the business case calculations. For Point-To-Point, the calculations assume the use of 48-port access switches with an 80% port utilisation rate.

The number of CPEs/ONTs matches the number of customers.
Total number of Access devices:
Access network expansion / year:
Number of existing CPEs/ONTs:
New CPEs/ONTs / year:

Zero-Touch configuration and firmware upgrades

The primary parameter is the annual rate of device replacement and firmware upgrades. Time savings are calculated using standardized values, which include not only device configuration but also investigation, preparation, and documentation.
Access Device average life-time: Years
Time saved with Zero-Touch / device: min
Access devices FW upgraded / year:
Time saved / upgrade: min
CPE/ONT average life-time: 8 Years
Time saved with Zero-Touch / CPE/ONT: 10 min
CPEs/ONTs FW upgraded / year: 1
Time saved / upgrade: 5 min

Service Provisioning Automation

How often do your customers typically change their service, such as upgrading Internet speed or switching IPTV packages? We estimate this occurs once every two years.
Existing customer base
Number of service changes / active customer / year: 0.5
Time saved / service change: 5 min

Device reconfiguration

How frequently are access devices and CPEs/ONTs reconfigured? This includes tasks such as updating access lists and security settings. We estimate that access devices are reconfigured annually, while CPEs/ONTs are reconfigured biennially.
Reconfiguration of access devices
Number of reconfigurations per access device / year:
Time saved / Access device: min
Reconfiguration of CPEs / ONTs
Number of reconfigurations per CPE/ONT / year: 0.5
Time saved / CPE: 10 min

Troubleshooting

BECS® offers tools that empower customer service teams to perform initial troubleshooting, reducing the time needed for error detection and correction. We estimate that 1 in 20 customers encounters an issue requiring troubleshooting annually.
Error handling cost
Error incidents per year within the existing customer base: 5%
Time saved per incident: 30 min

Increased bargaining power

Ever tried negotiating a discount with a seller holding a monopoly? BECS®, as a multivendor network orchestrator, allows you to switch hardware vendors at will, giving you the advantage in price negotiations.
Average hardware cost savings: 8%

Under Invoicing

In manually configured networks, mistakes can easily occur, leading to customers receiving services without payment or getting better services than they paid for.

The turnover increase is calculated based on the network size growth plus a 2% inflation adjustment.
Year-to-year turnover increase: 0%
Under invoicing: 0.5%
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Your savings

Based on the numbers you provided, you can save up to:

Savings year 1
- €
Aggregated savings
- €
NPV 5 Years
- €
NPV 6 Years
- €
How did we get these numbers? See below.