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Re: Pay-As-You-Use High-Speed Internet?

  • From: Jonathan M. Slivko
  • Date: Fri May 14 18:22:13 2004

Bill - I'm not saying dedicate a whole T1 to a single customer, i'm saying share a T1 or T3 among many customers in a small geographic area, but let each customer have fair use of the T1/T3.

BTW, we have been doing this for the last 6 years in a colo environment and more recently a residential/corporate building with about 300 units (50 of which are lit by us) with a single T1.

As far as the local loop cost being zero, I *know* that that is not feasible, but what is feasible is to make a fixed cost aside from the bandwidth of say $30-$50 per customer per month to cover the cost of e-mail service, support, etc.

-- Jonathan

Bill Woodcock wrote:

      On Fri, 14 May 2004, Jonathan M. Slivko wrote:
    > I was just thinking about this - tell me if it sounds reasonable?

Okay, so basically, I'm in complete sympathy with you, because I would
_like_ the overhead cost of an unutilized local loop to be zero.
Unfortunately, that's not the case in the not-entirely-ideal world in
which we live.

Also, the idea you're bringing back from the many-times-dead lies in the
shadow of the invisible hand of Enron.  Which is unfortunate, since at
heart, it's a good idea.

                                -Bill


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Jonathan M. Slivko
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Invisible Hand Networks, Inc.
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