[5970] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Peering Policy ( was Re: AGIS/DIGEX )
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Dillon)
Wed Oct 30 15:43:46 1996
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 12:28:15 -0800 (PST)
From: Michael Dillon <michael@memra.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <199610301949.OAA09317@new6.Reston.mci.net>
On Wed, 30 Oct 1996, Scott Huddle wrote:
> > > > The bookkeeping costs $2000 per month for *BOTH* providers to monitor
> > > > this, collect data, collect bills, etc....
> > >
> > > Source of data, please?
> >
> > Same source as the other guy's data. I pulled it out of thin air.
> > Actually, I figured $2,000 per month would be an appropriate salary for
> > one clerk to handle this job.
> >
> > And the point was that managing settlements costs money. We know that in
> > the POTS system the costs of usage based billing are at least 50% of the
> > total.
>
> OK, do you have a source for the POTs number?
Of course not! I have an axe to grind here. I want to see global flat-rate
telephone service for everybody. No per-minute charges, period!
Michael Dillon - ISP & Internet Consulting
Memra Software Inc. - Fax: +1-604-546-3049
http://www.memra.com - E-mail: michael@memra.com
