More BW, Less Taxes

Tue May 29 15:37:27 UTC 2001

> > FWIW, I recently heard someone ask the question - "how do you go to your
> > investors and tell them you need more money for more bandwidth because you
> > don't want to efficiently manage your existing capacity?"
> > 
> > This is the business case for QoS, IMHO.  
> > 
> > Irwin
> 
> 	Which costs more, wholesale, raw bitpipes or qualified
> 	engineering talent to create/police the policies needed
> 	to maintain QoS?
> 
> --bill
> 
> That's the $64k question.  :-)
> 
> >From what I've seen, there isn't a simple answer.  In places where bandwidth
> is exorbantantly expensive (such as outside the United States), simply over
> provisioning isn't an acceptable answer.  

	Why does BW cost so much? 

--bill