[80784] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: what will all you who work for private isp's be doing in a few
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steve Sobol)
Thu May 12 02:04:02 2005
Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 23:02:14 -0700
From: Steve Sobol <sjsobol@JustThe.net>
To: Fred Heutte <aoxomoxoa@sunlightdata.com>
Cc: North American Networking and Offtopic Gripes List <nanog@nanog.org>
In-Reply-To: <200505120136.j4C1adr95191@pop.hevanet.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
Fred Heutte wrote:
> (1) There will be a market for independent ISPs as long CLECs
I think a more appropriate term would be ALEC
(anti-competitive local exchange carrier)
...That having been said, the problem with the small guys providing access is
they can't generally achieve the economies of scale that allow them to compete
with the big guys.
I'm on a Charter cablemodem, 3mbps down x 256kbps up, $39.95/month. Verizon is
building out FTTH in this area and they're going to be offering 5x2 for $39.95
or 10x5 for $49.95, IIRC. Those are all residential prices, but Charter's
actually pretty competitive on business rates too.
And yes, there are people who value service over price, but the price
differential is only going to get worse.
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