market equipped to configure the tool with reasonable total cost assumptions acquisition costs transport and other logistical costs maintenance costs etc for each piece of equipment in each local market and the knowledge to exclude any pieces of equipment that cannot be obtained in a given region or operated in a given region or environment etc the third user type which is referred to as the end user is not required to be deeply technical because in operating the system they are only required to 1 input into the dynamic network planner and cost estimator system a description of the area s to cover and a description of the prospective subscribers in these area s i e demographics etc 3 interpret the output results which are presented in simple business oriented terms various embodiments of a dynamic network planner and cost estimator may provide functionality for two types of administrative users technology administrators and cost administrators depending on the particular user type the administrative users collectively operate to configure the assumptions for the system and then manage the equipment and cost assumptions over time as new equipment is certified or technical specifications change new empirical knowledge is gained through experience and pricing logistics and other costs change it should be noted that in various embodiments flexibility can been engineered into the dynamic network planner.