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>From: "William Allen Simpson" <[email protected]> [snip] >As it turns out, the inequality is actually in the other direction. >UUnet is a consumer, not a provider, requesting the traffic from the web >farms. So, it would be the consumers paying the small ISPs, paying >UUnet, paying the web farms. > >UUnet wants it both ways, with them getting paid in the middle.... > Of course, if UUNET (and other BB providers) can't make enough money to keep their network in place and their people motivated (and compensated) properly, they'll have no reason to stay in business, and then the server farms will become regional islands anyway. UUNET would only be interested in paying a farm that they owned! INTERNET - CONTENT = TRANSPORT -rb --------------------------------------------------------- Get Your *Web-Based* Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com --------------------------------------------------------- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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