[17228] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: The Great Exchange
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Anthony Sticha)
Wed May 27 23:53:41 1998
From: "Anthony Sticha" <ASticha@in.com.au>
To: <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 12:42:45 +1000
X-MDaemon-Deliver-To: nanog@merit.edu
I wish that such a thing actually existed. Right now most charges are on
volume, with only one providor (to my knowledge) bringing a pipe in from the
US on a flat rate charge.
-----Original Message-----
From: Sean Donelan <SEAN@SDG.DRA.COM>
To: nanog@merit.edu <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Thursday, 28 May 1998 12:37
Subject: Re: The Great Exchange
>>I think it's a North American view of the world, unsurprising on NANOG
>>:-) Traffic metering is the dominant charging mechanism for permanent
>>connections in Oz and Connect differentiate traffic based on its
>>source (domestic/cache/external).
>
>Hasn't a price war just broken out in Australia, with the dominant
>feature being the introduction of flat-rate pricing?
>
>--
>Sean Donelan, Data Research Associates, Inc, St. Louis, MO
> Affiliation given for identification not representation
>
>
