[1087] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: internet consumer reports on state-wide IP networks (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mark Seiden)
Thu Jul 25 04:30:23 1991
From: mis@seiden.com (Mark Seiden)
To: asp@uunet.uu.net (Andrew Partan)
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 91 2:44:25 EDT
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: <9107242153.AA19706@uunet.UU.NET>; from "Andrew Partan" at Jul 24, 91 5:53 pm
Andres:
thanks for the clear explanation. It would be truly ludicrous if
someone were paying more (in total) for 9600 bps service than for
56k service because of the long voice grade line.
is the cost uunet pays for the 56k "long distance" constant no matter
where in the US it terminates? it is interesting that you decided to
bundle this cost into the 56k access charge, when you pass along all
other line costs. why was that? How much of the 56k access charge
consists of the long distance charge (which is your overhead)?
((I am trying to figure out how much of the cost of 56K service is what
it *really costs* and how much of it is attributable to the perceived
higher value of high speed service... I imagine you make more money on
56K service than on 9.6 service, right?)
is a "full node" a netblazer on an IXC site? or something bigger, like
a cisco? how fast are the lines between a 'full node" and the backbone?
i am still left wondering how you actually decide to put a "full node"
somewhere. I assume that the cost of a full node is roughly identical
no matter where it is (although rents are higher in NYC the cost of
rack space at an IXC site is probably identical...) so I am
still confused why a city as big as New York wouldn't justify a full node
from very early in the game. Especially when i see the psi POP with
its 29 dialup lines, and two expansions so far.
How many 9.6k local loops do you need to sell to pay for the first 56k
line and netblazer?
Installation charges for leased lines tend to be quite high (by my
cheapo standards), but aren't they roughly the same for 56k and 9.6k?
There is considerable cost, pain, and delay for reterminating, which
the customer pays.
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mark seiden, mis@seiden.com, 1-(203) 329 2722 (voice), 1-(203) 322 1566 (fax)
