At 5:22 PM +1300 25/2/02, J S Russell wrote:
On Sun, 24 Feb 2002, Joe Abley wrote:
How much bandwidth is "a lot of bandwidth"? I see commercial providers with multiple parallel STM-64s plumbed directly into routers either sides of the Atlantic and the Pacific, who are struggling to attract customers to even remotely fill the pipes.
One would think, then, that they would lower pricing until they pipes were filled, on the assumption that any revenue is better than zero revenue. Yet, this doesn't seem to be happening.
I, personally, can (and would) fill any amount of international bandwiwdth given to me, 24x7. Usage is not the problem, pricing is the problem.
Do anti-dumping trade rules apply to bandwidth? If a carrier can't sell bw unless it charges less than its amortized cost, is that dumping? Of course, then it goes belly up, is bought by someone else for 10 cents in the dollar, and they CAN afford to sell at that rate. -- Michael Newbery Technical Specialist TelstraClear Limited Tel: +64-4-939 5102 Mobile: +64-29-939 5102 Fax: +64-4-922 8401 - To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog