[129811] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Did Internet Founders Actually Anticipate Paid,
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Nathan Eisenberg)
Mon Sep 20 14:38:43 2010
From: Nathan Eisenberg <nathan@atlasnetworks.us>
To: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 18:38:04 +0000
In-Reply-To: <8C164D3BAF7C7F41B9B286385037B1310D3646D67D@lax-exch-fe-01.gorillanation.local>
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> Devil's Advocate here,
>=20
> 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?
>=20
> Gives you the choice, ISP A, which costs, and ISP B, which is free, and m=
ost
> people wouldn't know the difference.
>=20
> ~J
I would say that it's an interesting and unprecedented (to my knowledge) mo=
del. Could be an interesting business plan. I'm not sure if it's realisti=
cally viable, and it's certainly a risky proposition, but it's definitely u=
nusual.
Nathan
