[9258] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: an Internet buying coop?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Miles R Fidelman)
Mon Dec 27 10:38:38 1993
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 1993 10:34:02 -0500 (EST)
From: Miles R Fidelman <fidelman@civicnet.org>
To: com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: <m0pDSYn-000Eo7C@mercury.mcs.com>
On Sat, 25 Dec 1993, Karl Denninger wrote:
> The trend is <towards> usage-metered services, not away from them. This is
> nothing new, and I see no evidence that in the voice world it is going to
> change.
>
> If this is tolerated in the voice world, why is it not seen as "ok" in the
> Internet access world? If you want to make a point that flat-rate, and
> cheap, is the "true cost of doing business" convince the phone companies and
> PUCs first.
>
Ummmm....
Metered calling is not all that much the rage: Unmeasured residential
calling plans have been around for a long time. We now have unmetered
local BUSINESS calling in large pieces of Western Mass. (which was
accomplished by convincing the PUC). Leased lines have always been priced
on a flat rate basis, and large organizations have built their internal
networks on flat rate basis.
Miles
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