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I agree, there is a need for long-haul providers. But they also don't have to be that big. 20-30 people companies with an annual gross of, say 10 million, would probably do it. All they need is a T3/OC3/OC12 nation wide mesh which is expensive, but not that expensive. Plus peering arangements. Try selling a third T3 to a local ISP with 100 T1 clients and two T3s to larger networks. The local ISP will most likely talk about pricing plus how hop-counts can be reduced for his customers. Pricing being the more important factor at this point. Dirk On Sat, 29 Mar 1997 [email protected] wrote: > > > <Stuff Deleted> > > > > > Could we have 4000 10 people companies provide Internet connectivity to > > the majority of US business within a couple of years? At $80-200/month for > > a T1? This is what "they" are trying to avoid/slow down. > > I am not sure how you can come to thus conclusion. Where do you think > the 4000 10 person businesses are getting their connectivity from? I do > not see them forming their own connectivity to each other. There is a > need for large providers as well, and they need your business. > > Jonathan > > > > > Seems that the Internet turns some things on its head. Like the need to > > have large corporations for providing large scale Internet services. > > According to Boardwatch magazine, about 4000 2-10 people ISPs are > > providing Internet services to the majority of the US. ATT, Sprint and so > > on can't make money at it but it sure is a great way for a technical > > person to make $100K/year from with a T1 in a living room. > > > > Dirk > > > > > > > Aleph One / [email protected] > > > http://underground.org/ > > > KeyID 1024/948FD6B5 > > > Fingerprint EE C9 E8 AA CB AF 09 61 8C 39 EA 47 A8 6A B8 01 > > > > > > > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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