[129642] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Did Internet Founders Actually Anticipate Paid,
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dave Sparro)
Tue Sep 14 16:41:36 2010
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 16:41:22 -0400
From: Dave Sparro <dsparro@gmail.com>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <8C26A4FDAE599041A13EB499117D3C28164B9113@ex-mb-1.corp.atlasnetworks.us>
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On 9/14/2010 4:02 PM, Nathan Eisenberg wrote:
>> The consumers are saying "I want faster, as long as I don't have to pay more."
>> Content providers are saying, "If consumers had faster, I'd be able to invent
>> 'Killer App'. I sure wish the ISPs would upgrade their networks."
>> ISPs are saying, "Why should we upgrade our networks, nobody is willing to pay
>> us to do so."
>
> Find me an ISP that is asking why they should upgrade their network if no one is going to pay them to do so. From a business perspective, this is a ludicrous claim. The answer is simple: because your competitors are upgrading their networks RIGHT NOW, and your customers will use them instead if you make them wait too long.
>
> There's no deadlock. Content providers that truly have a next generation product that modern broadband isn't good enough for are stuck, like anyone else who invents something that existing infrastructure can't support. Inventing a bizarre service prioritization model doesn't solve the infrastructure problem.
>
I don't see much competition from here. What I am seeing is a bunch of
ISPs sitting on their hands waiting for the Feds to unlock the USF for
broadband, or some other form of mana from heaven.
--
Dave
