[11351] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: The whole CIX concept is flawed (as presented to the public at least)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Karl Denninger)
Wed Mar 30 04:54:46 1994
From: karl@mcs.com (Karl Denninger)
To: barb.dijker@labyrinth.com (Barbara L. Dijker)
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 1994 08:33:37 -0600 (CST)
Cc: mrr@galba.boers.no, com-priv@lists.psi.com
In-Reply-To: <199403282032.AA07093@morass.labyrinth.com> from "Barbara L. Dijker" at Mar 28, 94 01:32:36 pm
>
> In csn.ml.com-priv article
>
> > $10,000.- (is this per year?) is not very expensive for
> > such an operation. This is about a third of what I expect to
>
> > pay for one 64K Sprint X.25 connetion, excluding access line.
>
> > It pays for approx. 1/8th of the cost of a trained professional.
> > How many ANS management salaries would the total CIX fees
> > pay, starting from the top? Two? Three?.
>
> Please recall that the $10K/year is on top of a _required_
> connection directly to a CIX POP. In Colorado, that
> connection alone at T1 would cost almost $60K/yr. $70K
> _is_ prohibitive in most cases.
>
> On the otherhand, a SprintLink T1 in Colorado costs
> $42K/yr for both the T1 haul and route. Almost half.
>
> Barbara L. Dijker
> barb.dijker@labyrinth.com - NeXT mail and MIME able
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Not true. Sprintlink will provide transit if you are a member.
In fact, this is <exactly> what we're doing here.
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