Re: Level 3 Communications Issues Statement Concerning Comcast'sActions

[Mikael Abrahamsson <swmike () swm pp se>]

On Tue, 30 Nov 2010, Christopher Morrow wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 1:52 AM, Mikael Abrahamsson <swmike () swm pp se> wrote:
> > Considering there are mobile roaming partners that charge USD10-15 per
> > megabyte, unfortunately that proposition is really hard to do in todays
> > global market.
>
> but really, the 'cost' here is  the same as a local wireless user for
> air-time traffic, then 1$/mbps to ship the bits off their network
> across the internet, right?

Unfortunately the "cost" and the "price" has a very low correlation in 
this market. The same carriers who charge USD10 per megabyte for roaming 
might charge 0.1USD per megabyte to some of their own end users.

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Mikael Abrahamsson    email: swmike () swm pp se