Re: Level 3 Communications Issues Statement Concerning Comcast'sActions

[Jeffrey Lyon <jeffrey.lyon () blacklotus net>]

I spent have the GDP of Kyrgyzstan on their roaming charges when I
thought my Google Voice was using the WiFi vs. the mobile network.

Jeff

On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 2:18 AM, Mikael Abrahamsson <swmike () swm pp se> wrote:
> 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.
>
> --
> Mikael Abrahamsson    email: swmike () swm pp se



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