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On Fri, 2 May 1997, Gordon Cook wrote: > when they clean out all the competing backbones what is to prevent thenm > from doubling and then tripling your charges Dave? That is a strawman question. An attempt to answer this would concede Mr. Cooks assumptions that have yet to be, and can't be, proven. .stb > ************************************************************************ > The COOK Report on Internet For subsc. pricing & more than > 431 Greenway Ave, Ewing, NJ 08618 USA ten megabytes of free material > (609) 882-2572 (phone & fax) visit http://cookreport.com/ > Internet: [email protected] On line speech of critics under > attack by Ewing NJ School Board, go to http://cookreport.com/sboard.shtml > ************************************************************************ > > > On Fri, 2 May 1997, Dave Van Allen wrote: > > > Well said! > > > > Gee, you mean that this *is* really a business?? > > > > Best regards, > > > > David Van Allen - You Tools Corporation / FASTNET(tm) > > [email protected] (610) 289-1100 http://www.fast.net > > FASTNET - PA/NJ/DE Internet Solutions > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > >From: Stephen Balbach [SMTP:[email protected]] > > >Sent: Friday, May 02, 1997 6:43 AM > > >To: Gordon Cook > > >Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] > > >Subject: Re: UUNET Pulling Peering Agreements & replacing them with charging > > >under non-disclosure? > > > > > > > > >> First it was AGIS (but who cares about AGIS?). Now UUNET. Tomorrow who? > > >> MCI? As UUNET and others of the big five move to consolidate their > > >> markets.......... let UUNET put the smaller national backbones against the > > >> wall and whom do the rest of ISP's have to rely on? Those ISPs who did > > >> not get hit in UUNET's first round of cuts. Will you get it in the neck in > > >> the second or the third round? > > > > > >The only thing UUNET is cutting is Internet trees, and there are some who > > >are protesting by hugging them. Clear out the chaff for next seasons > > >crops. > > > > > >Buying connectivity from an ISP who peers with UUNET, or buying direct > > >from UUNET, is a lot cheaper then building a national DS-3/OC-3 backbone > > >and trying to be default free - this is not about UUNET cuting throats, > > >it's about large and small ISP's examining thier business model. > > > > > > > > >.stb > > > > > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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