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RE: cogent+ Level(3) are ok now
From: "Drew Weaver" <drew.weaver () thenap com>
Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2005 10:00:44 -0500
-----Original Message----- From: owner-nanog () merit edu [mailto:owner-nanog () merit edu] On Behalf Of Erik Haagsman Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 2:40 PM To: Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu Cc: John Payne; Patrick W.Gilmore; nanog () merit edu Subject: Re: cogent+ Level(3) are ok now On Tue, 2005-11-01 at 18:48 -0500, Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu wrote:
On Tue, 01 Nov 2005 11:46:20 EST, John Payne said:
What am I missing?Obviously, the same thing that management at SBC is missing:
<snip>
He argued that because SBC and others have invested to build
high-speed
networks, they are due a return. "There's going to have to be some mechanism for these people ... to
pay for the
portion they're using. Why should they be allowed to use my pipes?" He
offered
no details how his idea could be accomplished. For an Internet company to "expect to use these pipes free is nuts!"
Whitacre
added for good measure.
Quothed <-----------
Well, the other funny thing is that SBC doesn't just spend its own money to build these networks. They get all sorts of help from gov't, etc with taxes and multiple other breaks. I think that was the original complaint. -Drew
Current thread:
- Re: cogent+ Level(3) are ok now, (continued)
- Re: cogent+ Level(3) are ok now Brandon Ross (Nov 01)
- Re: cogent+ Level(3) are ok now Stephen J. Wilcox (Nov 01)
- Re: cogent+ Level(3) are ok now Brandon Ross (Nov 01)
- Re: cogent+ Level(3) are ok now Patrick W. Gilmore (Nov 01)
- Re: cogent+ Level(3) are ok now Florian Weimer (Nov 01)
- Re: cogent+ Level(3) are ok now Deepak Jain (Nov 02)
- Re: cogent+ Level(3) are ok now Valdis . Kletnieks (Nov 01)
- Re: cogent+ Level(3) are ok now Erik Haagsman (Nov 02)
- Re: cogent+ Level(3) are ok now Randy Bush (Nov 02)
- RE: cogent+ Level(3) are ok now Sean Donelan (Nov 04)