[5723] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Provider credibility - does it matter? was Re: Inter-provider relations
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert E. Seastrom)
Fri Oct 25 15:46:53 1996
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 15:36:18 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Robert E. Seastrom" <rs@bifrost.seastrom.com>
To: jdd@vbc.net
CC: mjr@wacky.eit.com, nanog@merit.edu
In-reply-to: <Pine.BSI.3.91.961025200001.21396M-100000@avon-gw.uk1.vbc.net>
(message from Jim Dixon on Fri, 25 Oct 1996 20:04:53 +0100 (BST))
From: Jim Dixon <jdd@vbc.net>
To my way of thinking, content providers are net producers of 'benefit'
and say dial-up users are consumers. We adjust our prices to reflect
this: if you buy a leased line from us to run a Web server, we charge
you less; if you are a dial-up provider, we charge you more.
Most end users would agree with this model. They pay their 10 quid /
15 bucks a month so that they can surf the Web. They don't expect the
Net to pay them ;-)
So basically what you're saying here is that your ISP should be paying
you to connect to your web servers, and they will pass the charges on
downstream to their customers?
---Rob
