[38122] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: More BW, Less Taxes
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Simon Lockhart)
Tue May 29 11:39:34 2001
To: bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com
Cc: ILazar@tbg.com (Irwin Lazar), nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 29 May 2001 15:37:27 -0000."
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Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 16:36:43 +0100
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From: Simon Lockhart <simonl@rd.bbc.co.uk>
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>> >From what I've seen, there isn't a simple answer. In places where bandwidth
>> is exorbantantly expensive (such as outside the United States), simply over
>> provisioning isn't an acceptable answer.
In Europe it's becoming cheaper too - especially to major cities.
> Why does BW cost so much?
My personal feeling is "because people pay the price". This can be seen
from talks with a few carriers who are bringing up additional long-haul
fiber capacity, and when asked how that will affect the pricing, they just
say "We'll stay ahead of the competition".
Simon
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