author here: I'm a computer engineer, not an economist. had I gotten into "more of an economic analysis", I am sure proper economists (here?) would have slammed me down much harder than engineers (?) did here.
The best way to ask questions is being wrong on the internet. :D
No estimate is ever perfect but it'd be good to get within a ballpark of the price. That'd be enough to start to compare to what we pay for the existing service and how many years of status quo payments would be required to replace them.
No estimate is ever perfect but it'd be good to get within a ballpark of the price. That'd be enough to start to compare to what we pay for the existing service and how many years of status quo payments would be required to replace them.