Essentials Of Investments
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Under an agreement with the Internet Service Providers (ISPs) Association, SBC Communications reduced the price it charges ISPs to resell its high-speed digital subscriber line (DSL) service from $458 to $360 per year per customer line for the next 5 years. A particular ISP, which has 20,000 customers, plans to pass 90% of the savings along to its customers. What is the total present worth of these savings at an interest rate of 10% per year?
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