[7248] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: peering charges?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Daryn D. Fisher)
Sun Jan 26 19:54:38 1997
From: "Daryn D. Fisher" <oz@thoughtport.net>
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 97 17:53:07 -0700
To: nanog@merit.edu
Reply-To: oz@tpa.net
On Sun, 26 Jan 1997, Jonathan Heiliger wrote:
>> What if web site, or content business models change? What if =
people deem
>> their content so valuable that besides (or rather than) =
charging the
>> consumer, they want to charge the network provider access to =
the content?
>> (ala MTV)
>MTV is great evidence for the argument that there is no single =
answer.
>Some cable networks pay to be placed on local cable systems, some =
are paid
>for being on there. The cost of content for a cable provider =
might be
>significant, or it might cancel out to nil.
>Networks will charge if they can get away with it. If you don't =
like it,
>then don't pay.
Doesn't quite work this way:
It depends on the customer base (w/ cable TV/DSS/ect.). If TCI =
has an installed base large enough, content providor (MTV) will =
pay to have their content. If I am a new access providor with a =
relativly small install base, I will need to but content in order =
to attract my customer base.
The model doesn't quite work the same for the Internet, or does =
it?
As a small providor I am willing to "buy" peering and transit from =
the larger (based on customers) providors in order to get/give =
better access.
The other case for buying transit is to get to a better backbone, =
but I think that is a different discussion.
