[668] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Funding for NAPs...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (joliveto@cwi.net)
Sun Oct 8 08:00:22 1995
From: joliveto@cwi.net
Date: Sun, 08 Oct 95 07:56:12 -0500
To: Nathan Stratton <nathan@netrail.net>, cook@cookreport.com
Cc: "John G. Scudder" <jgs@aads.net>, Dave Siegel <dsiegel@rtd.com>,
Matt
Zimmerman <mdz@netrail.net>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.91.951007223941.14275A-100000@netrail.net>
Based upon my understanding of MFS & the LEC's cost bases, they ARE making
money at that rate. It would be interesting to here if MFS & the LEC
disagree.
On Sat, 7 Oct 1995, Nathan Stratton <nathan@netrail.net> wrote:
>On Sat, 7 Oct 1995, Gordon Cook wrote:
>
>> That is correct..... Pac bell and Ameritech bid zero cost because they
>> get income from the NAPs by charging people to attach. bellcore gets a
>> small piece of change for providing research coordination with the two
rbocs.
>
>How is MFS and Ameritech making money at the NAP's then? $2,000 to
>connect to MAE-East including telco is vary good. How do they make money
>at that?
>
>-Nathan
>
>
Jeff Oliveto Sr.Mgr. Operations Technical Services
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