Re: Pay-As-You-Use High-Speed Internet?

["Jonathan M. Slivko" <jslivko () invisiblehand net>]

Bill - I'm not saying dedicate a whole T1 to a single customer, i'm 
saying share a T1 or T3 among many customers in a small geographic area, 
but let each customer have fair use of the T1/T3.

BTW, we have been doing this for the last 6 years in a colo environment 
and more recently a residential/corporate building with about 300 units 
(50 of which are lit by us) with a single T1.

As far as the local loop cost being zero, I *know* that that is not 
feasible, but what is feasible is to make a fixed cost aside from the 
bandwidth of say $30-$50 per customer per month to cover the cost of 
e-mail service, support, etc.

-- Jonathan

Bill Woodcock wrote:

>       On Fri, 14 May 2004, Jonathan M. Slivko wrote:
>     > I was just thinking about this - tell me if it sounds reasonable?
>
> Okay, so basically, I'm in complete sympathy with you, because I would
> _like_ the overhead cost of an unutilized local loop to be zero.
> Unfortunately, that's not the case in the not-entirely-ideal world in
> which we live.
>
> Also, the idea you're bringing back from the many-times-dead lies in the
> shadow of the invisible hand of Enron.  Which is unfortunate, since at
> heart, it's a good idea.
>
>                                 -Bill

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