[12290] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: too many routes
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Justin W. Newton)
Thu Sep 11 19:52:21 1997
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 16:47:07 -0700
To: "Sean M. Doran" <smd@clock.org>, Vadim Antonov <avg@pluris.com>
From: "Justin W. Newton" <justin@priori.net>
Cc: jtk@titania.net, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <ytg1rc3bmv.fsf@cesium.clock.org>
At 09:03 PM 9/10/97 -0400, Sean M. Doran wrote:
>Of course, if bandwidth becomes much cheaper than you had
>bargained for initially, it could be a disadvantage to be
>trapped into using your own company's transmissions
>facilities with a requirement of a decent ROI, so it kinda
>cuts both ways.
>
> Sean.
Sorry to say "me too", but this is a point that is well worth reading
through twice, especially with todays fiber markets. With the major build
outs of many alternative long haul fiber companies (Qwest, IXC, etc etc),
it is becoming /very/ unclear that being a facilities based provider offers
you /any/ advantages whatsoever in the realm of price/performance. I would
argue that just the opposite is true.
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