Re: An Attempt at Economically Rational Pricing: Time Warner Trial

From: Brandon Galbraith (no email)
Date: Fri Jan 18 2008 - 16:32:00 EST

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    On Jan 18, 2008 2:53 PM, Patrick W. Gilmore <> wrote:

    >
    > IOW: Usage-based billing makes sense commercially, whether you are a
    > propeller-head or a bell-head.
    >
    > And since Internet providers tend to be for-profit businesses, doing
    > what "makes sense commercially" is kinda required.
    >
    > Then again, I Am Not An Isp, so what do I know? If you think things
    > are out of whack, sounds like a business opportunity to me! You
    > should be able to take your superior knowledge and make a killing
    > implementing a proper network.
    >
    > --
    > TTFN,
    > patrick
    >
    >
    I'll be honest, when this thread first started the first thing I thought was
    "I should find out how my local municipal fiber co-op is coming along with
    their buildout". For customers, going from unlimited to constrained is
    always painful (vs the opposite).

    My academic question is, where are costs killing consumer ISPs? Is it the
    last mile? Transit? Under-capacity peering points?

    -brandon


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