[7257] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: peering charges?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (J. Malcolm)
Mon Jan 27 01:48:39 1997
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 00:50:24 -0500
From: "J. Malcolm" <jmalcolm@uraeus.com>
To: Dirk Harms-Merbitz <dirk@power.net>
Cc: Vadim Antonov <avg@pluris.com>, nanog@MERIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.95.970126212254.7166C-100000@ws6.power.net>
Dirk Harms-Merbitz writes:
>Why should it cost more to connect at 100MB/sec vs. 56KB/sec? If the same
>amount of packets are transfered? Why should I pay more beyond the
>one-time cost of buying interface electronics?
Because what costs money is engineering for peak usage. If you can
send traffic at 100MB/sec instead of 56KB/sec your peak usage can (and
likely will) be much higher.
