cogent+ Level(3) are ok now
Erik Haagsman
erik at we-dare.net
Wed Nov 2 19:40:08 UTC 2005
On Tue, 2005-11-01 at 18:48 -0500, Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu wrote:
> On Tue, 01 Nov 2005 11:46:20 EST, John Payne said:
> > What am I missing?
>
> Obviously, the same thing that management at SBC is missing:
<snip>
> He argued that because SBC and others have invested to build high-speed
> networks, they are due a return.
>
> "There's going to have to be some mechanism for these people ... to pay for the
> portion they're using. Why should they be allowed to use my pipes?" He offered
> no details how his idea could be accomplished.
>
> For an Internet company to "expect to use these pipes free is nuts!" Whitacre
> added for good measure.
</snip>
Sounds like an extremely short-sighted view of the Net and it's
economics. Claiming content providers should be charged for "using"
broadband access-pipes is fine and dandy, but coveniently forgetting
that without content there probably wouldn't be a great deal of
customers wanting broadband in the first place is a bit sloppy, no?
Erik
--
Erik Haagsman
Network Architect
We Dare BV
tel: +31.10.7507008
fax: +31.10.7507005
http://www.we-dare.nl
More information about the NANOG
mailing list