Perhaps the biggest surprise was the steep reduction in sales estimates of network equipment.

He said Roadrunner was not yet paying back the company's heavy investment in the necessary network equipment.

It has also upgraded some of the network equipment of the project as well.

The other problem is availability of tried and tested network equipment.

Their announcement came one day after 3Com, a maker of network equipment, said it would also miss expectations.

The basic network equipment costs about $15,000 and that price tag goes up as the number of users increases.

They were used in a wide range of network equipment, products and devices.

Revenue from wireless network equipment rose 19 percent, to $1.15 billion.

But, he said, "they've got 30 bucks left" after buying the computers and network equipment.

It is unclear who will have to pay to the network equipment and upgrades to computer systems to support the system.