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On Fri, 25 Oct 1996 [email protected] wrote: > 1) In case if INTERNET split into US and EUrope parts withouth interconnection, > no too many in USA will notice it, but INTERNET in Europe will die > (moreover, computer's world will die too). Don't you believe it. Over the last year we have seen a steady downward drift in the percentage of our traffic which goes to the US -- a 20% change over the last year, I think. > This explains why we (EUrope) pay for the inter-ocean links. It's reality. No, it's inertia more than anything else. > And - YES, European's PTT is the worst example of the SOCIALISM. Can't disagree with that, though ;-) > Then it's became unlimited loop - IP in USA cost less because EUrope pay for it; > that's why interesting services tends to locate in USA, that's why Europe > have to pay for the links, that's why new servers are allocated in USA > where the cost of Internet is less, and so on... -:) If you look at the commercial realities, most UK companies putting up Web sites are looking for customers in the UK. We are seeing more and more companies who are actually looking for customers in their own region: Bristol companies looking for Bristol customers, not UK customers, certainly not American customers. This is the way that we see the Net evolving: more and more traffic will be local. I think that you are talking more about Eastern Europe, which is several years behind. -- Jim Dixon VBCnet GB Ltd +44 117 929 1316 fax +44 117 927 2015 http://www.uk.vbc.net VBCnet West +1 408 971 2682 fax +1 408 971 2684 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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