[2154] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Low end users
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (HORN%athena@leia.polaroid.com)
Tue Jan 28 18:20:39 1992
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1992 18:21 EST
From: HORN%athena@leia.polaroid.com
To: com-priv@psi.com
I would be interested in having someone with real cost information
report on where the costs of running the network really arise. My
experience is that the major cost drivers are:
1) How many users, more or less independent of volume, speed, etc.
2) Peak load from a user
3) Services offered
This is of real interest because it might provide the ammunition
needed to kill packet charges. This one step would greatly simplify
the transition to non-government networking.
As for the comment on the costs of professional services for libraries
and K-12, I think you will find that the volunteer efforts of
communities have always been critical to the very existance of
libraries and schools. You will that professional services can and are
provided by community members. The networking will be the same. The
problem that this poses is the part-time nature of their in-house
technical abilities and the resulting demands on the network provider.
Rob Horn horn%hydra@polaroid.com
