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Re: Third Major ISP AT&T Testing Bandwidth Caps in the Fall [with a comment by me djf]
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2008 08:43:16 -0700
________________________________________ From: Michael O'Dell [mo () ccr org] Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2008 10:27 AM To: David Farber Subject: Re: [IP] Third Major ISP AT&T Testing Bandwidth Caps in the Fall [with a comment by me djf] sigh bits/second are not like other "commodities" - you can't move excess capacity in Nebraska to NYC help with cross-town loads. likewise, the bit you don't use this instant is *gone* - you cannot save them up and use them later, unlike "voice-minutes", the commodity they believe they understand best. economically viable price models for Internet service already exist and are known to be profitable. watching these newbies pursue their divine right to re-invent flat tires is particularly depressing. -mo ------------------------------------------- Archives: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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