[100489] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: BitTorrent swarms have a deadly bite on broadband nets
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rod Beck)
Wed Oct 24 12:28:30 2007
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 16:39:14 +0100
From: "Rod Beck" <Rod.Beck@hiberniaatlantic.com>
To: "Adrian Chadd" <adrian@creative.net.au>
Cc: <nanog@merit.edu>
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That misses the point. They are probably being forced to adapt by a =
monopoly or a quasi-monopoly or by the fact that transport into =
Australia is extremely expensive. The situation outside of Australia is =
quite different. A DS3 from Sydney to LA is worth about 10 DS3s =
NYC/London.=20
It is not impossible to move people to these price schemes, but in a =
market with many providers, it is highly risky.=20
A simpler and hence less costly approach for those providers serving =
mass markets is to stick to flat rate pricing and outlaw high-bandwidth =
applications that are used by only a small number of end users.=20
Roderick S. Beck
Director of EMEA Sales
Hibernia Atlantic
1, Passage du Chantier, 75012 Paris
http://www.hiberniaatlantic.com
Wireless: 1-212-444-8829.=20
Landline: 33-1-4346-3209.
French Wireless: 33-6-14-33-48-97.
AOL Messenger: GlobalBandwidth
rod.beck@hiberniaatlantic.com
rodbeck@erols.com
``Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.'' =
Albert Einstein.=20
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>That misses the point. They are probably being forced =
to adapt by a monopoly or a quasi-monopoly or by the fact that transport =
into Australia is extremely expensive. The situation outside of =
Australia is quite different. A DS3 from Sydney to LA is worth about 10 =
DS3s NYC/London.<BR>
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It is not impossible to move people to these price schemes, but in a =
market with many providers, it is highly risky.<BR>
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A simpler and hence less costly approach for those providers serving =
mass markets is to stick to flat rate pricing and outlaw high-bandwidth =
applications that are used by only a small number of end users.<BR>
<BR>
Roderick S. Beck<BR>
Director of EMEA Sales<BR>
Hibernia Atlantic<BR>
1, Passage du Chantier, 75012 Paris<BR>
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Wireless: 1-212-444-8829.<BR>
Landline: 33-1-4346-3209.<BR>
French Wireless: 33-6-14-33-48-97.<BR>
AOL Messenger: GlobalBandwidth<BR>
rod.beck@hiberniaatlantic.com<BR>
rodbeck@erols.com<BR>
``Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.'' =
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