[129810] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Did Internet Founders Actually Anticipate Paid,
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William Herrin)
Mon Sep 20 14:26:00 2010
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From: William Herrin <bill@herrin.us>
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 14:25:31 -0400
To: Justin Horstman <justin.horstman@gorillanation.com>
Cc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 2:08 PM, Justin Horstman
<justin.horstman@gorillanation.com> wrote:
> Devil's Advocate here,
>
> What would you say to ISP A that provided similar
> speeds as ISP B, but B took payments from content
> providers and then provided the service for free?
>
> Gives you the choice, ISP A, which costs, and ISP B,
> which is free, and most people wouldn't know the difference.
Justin,
I'd say ISP B was incorrectly described. He doesn't provide service
for free; he merely has a different customer. In ISP A, the end user
is the customer but in ISP B, he isn't.
Regards,
Bill Herrin
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