The Calex Telecommunications Company is planning to introduce cellular telephone service into isolated coastal areas of Caladia, a move which will require considerable investment. However, the only significant economic activity in these areas is small-scale coffee farming, and none of the coffee farmers make enough money to afford the monthly service fees that Calex would have to charge to make a profit. Nevertheless, Calex contends that making the service available to these farmers will be profitable.
Which of the following, if true, provides the strongest support for Calex's contention?
Currently, Caladian coffee farmers are forced to sell their coffee to local buyers at whatever price those buyers choose to pay because the farmers are unable to remain in contact with outside buyers who generally offer higher prices.
In the coastal areas of Caladia where Calex proposes to introduce cellular telephone service, there is currently no fixed-line telephone service because fixed-line companies do not believe that they could recoup their investment.
A cellular telephone company can break even with a considerably smaller number of subscribers than a fixed-line company can, even in areas such as the Caladian coast, where there is no difficult terrain to drive up the costs of installing fixed lines.
Calex bases its monthly fees for cellular telephone service in a given region partly on the cost of installing the necessary equipment to provide the service there.
Calex has for years made a profit on cellular telephone service in Caladia's capital city, which is not far from the coastal region.
虽然Calex公司在小岛上引入cellular服务需要大笔investment & 目前岛上农民的咖啡种植收入不足以支付monthly service fee
但是Calex公司有信息这笔生意会带来可观的利润
choice a, 目前岛上农民只能被迫卖咖啡给当地人并且接受当地人开的价。因为他们无法接触到外界开价更高的买家。correct
choice e, Calex有好几年在附近不远处的一个城市盈利。irrelevant,因为类比无法解释为什么农民收入不足以付钱的情况下依然保证Calex盈利
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