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Re: The Great Exchange

  • From: Michael Shields
  • Date: Wed May 27 18:49:59 1998

In article <[email protected]>,
"Perry E. Metzger" <[email protected]> wrote:
> In the long run, why are we assuming there will be locality of
> traffic?
> 
> It is true that the old PSTN has locality of traffic, but it doesn't
> have flat rate pricing, or the usage patterns that the Internet has.

Why are you assuming that the Internet will continue to have
non-distance-sensitive pricing, when it clearly has distance-
sensitive costs (ultimately)?
-- 
Shields, CrossLink.