[101799] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: An Attempt at Economically Rational Pricing: Time Warner Trial
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Patrick W. Gilmore)
Fri Jan 18 16:33:46 2008
Cc: "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick@ianai.net>
From: "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick@ianai.net>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <4791080A.9090405@csuohio.edu>
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:01:00 -0500
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Jan 18, 2008, at 3:11 PM, Michael Holstein wrote:
> The problem is the inability of the physical media in TWC's case
> (coax) to support multiple simultaneous users. They've held off
> infrastructure upgrades to the point where they really can't offer
> "unlimited" bandwidth. TWC also wants to collect on their
> "unlimited" package, but only to the 95% of the users that don't
> really use it, and it appears they don't see working to accommodate
> the other 5% as cost-effective.
I seriously doubt it the coax that is the problem.
And even if that is a limitation, upgrading the last mile still will
not allow for "unlimited" use by a typical set of users these days.
Backhaul, peering, colocation, etc., are not free, plentiful, or
trivial to operate.
> My guess is the market will work this out. As soon as it's
> implemented, you'll see AT&T commercials in that town slamming cable
> and saying how DSL is "really unlimited".
I do not doubt that. But do you honestly expect the at&t DSL line to
provide faster / more reliable access?
Hint: Whatever your answer, it will be right or wrong for a given time
in the near future.
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TTFN,
patrick
