[80741] in North American Network Operators' Group
what will all you who work for private isp's be doing in a few years?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matt Bazan)
Wed May 11 14:11:27 2005
Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 11:08:41 -0700
From: "Matt Bazan" <Mbazan@onelegal.com>
To: <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
why in the world would anyone want to purchase dsl from a private
reseller when i can get 4mb down 384 up from comcast for $25? think you
dsl resellers out there are doomed. in fact, just a matter of time
before most of you isps are down the toilet. im reminded of the mom and
pop grocery store phenomenon that has now been replaced by the kohls,
a&p, whole foods etc. of course there will always be niche markets but
this is less applicable for a pure commodity like bandwidth. yeah, i
suppose you'll say something about value added services and such and you
may have a point but i doubt that will keep the ship afloat for long.
