[688] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Cost Of TCP/IP Dialup Connections
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rick Adams)
Tue May 14 21:13:32 1991
Date: Tue, 14 May 91 19:58:08 -0400
From: rick@uunet.uu.net (Rick Adams)
To: com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: your article <9105132058.1.119@cup.portal.com>
Well, frankly, in terms of human support (a LARGE component of costs)
the amount of support required seems to be inversely proportional
to the speed of interconnection.
I suspect we lose money on a lot of our SLIP connections.
As to why someone would lose money, they're called "loss leaders".
Give the guy a cheap connection, get him hooked, then make your money
on the "upgrades"
(TCP/IP the newest form of "drug" addiction...)
---rick
