Re: Funding for NAPs...

[Gordon Cook <gcook () tigger jvnc net>]

I didn't say they are making a profit.  I don't KNOW if they are making a 
profit.  They do charge money to attach as does MFS.

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On Sat, 7 Oct 1995, Nathan Stratton wrote:

> On Sat, 7 Oct 1995, Gordon Cook wrote:
>
> > That is correct.....  Pac bell and Ameritech bid zero cost because they 
> > get income from the NAPs by charging people to attach.   bellcore gets a 
> > small piece of change for providing research coordination with the two rbocs.
>
> How is MFS and Ameritech making money at the NAP's then? $2,000 to 
> connect to MAE-East including telco is vary good. How do they make money 
> at that?
>
> -Nathan