topological closeness....

Fri May 17 13:42:11 UTC 1996

> Currently, the $$$ our ISP pays to get 128 Kbps connectivity is
> enough to get more than a dozen T1's in the US, and even a T3
> perhaps.  And people ask here why they can't get unlimited access for 
> $20 monthly.
> 
> On the other hand, labor costs are cheap --- among the 
> biggest customers for E1 lines to the US are offshore programming
> houses.
> 
> So how about a bandwidth for workforce swap? :)
> 
> -- 
> miguel a.l. paraz <map at iphil.net>        iphil communications, makati city, 
> tech problems, to <support at iphil.net>    philippines.  
> 

	Been There, Done That.  

	15 years ago, the company I worked for dropped a 50meter earth
	station and the rights to four transponders for 25 years on a
	project that was donated to a non-us telco to reduce the costs
	of transporting and housing 300 engineeers a quarter to/from 
	the US. It was a very cheap alternative.

-- 
--bill