[129705] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Did Internet Founders Actually Anticipate Paid,
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William Herrin)
Thu Sep 16 16:44:05 2010
In-Reply-To: <20100916.212821.74712800.sthaug@nethelp.no>
From: William Herrin <bill@herrin.us>
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 16:37:33 -0400
To: sthaug@nethelp.no
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 3:28 PM, <sthaug@nethelp.no> wrote:
>> Will the provider unbundle the components so that it's feasible for a
>> niche vendor to sell me custom connection services?
>>
>> No?
>>
>> Then the provider doesn't get to decide.
>>
>> It's about control. As the customer, the guy with the green, I should
>> have it. A combination of decisions on the provider's part which
>> strips me of control is unacceptable.
>>
>> You want prioritization? Give me unbundling. You don't want to
>> unbundle? Don't mess with my packets.
>
> If you want control: Don't buy the cheapest commodity product.
When you sell 15 megs as a commodity for $50 and 1.5 megs
non-commidity for $700, don't pretend that I have that I have a
choice.
But then you're writing from Norway, so perhaps you're not up to speed
on the situation in NANOG territory.
Regards,
Bill Herrin
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