Re: The Great Exchange

[shields () crosslink net (Michael Shields)]

In article <199805271744.NAA21312 () jekyll piermont com>,
"Perry E. Metzger" <perry () piermont com> wrote:
> In the long run, why are we assuming there will be locality of
> traffic?
>
> It is true that the old PSTN has locality of traffic, but it doesn't
> have flat rate pricing, or the usage patterns that the Internet has.

Why are you assuming that the Internet will continue to have
non-distance-sensitive pricing, when it clearly has distance-
sensitive costs (ultimately)?
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Shields, CrossLink.