Re: Jetstream (was Re: Phew looks like we were lucky)

From: "Joe Abley" The focus of Internet2 actually seems to be the reverse of what you are saying -- throw large amounts of bandwidth into the ring, and see what people do with it.

They built the roads, then along came taxies, couriers and trucking companies.

We were happily selling 155M circuits to customers at CLEAR five years ago.

OK, some large companies built some roads to link each other. These companies do everything "inhouse" - no need for couriers here, they have their own vans.

This whole "Jetstream introduces business to broadband" thing is just bogus.

Extend the roads to pass thousands of businesses that need to deliver things and the courier service becomes a viable business. Slight problem, someone else owns the roads and they charge a "toll" at every driveway/exit point which is more than the value of the courier service. Telecom have already disclosed their vision, connecting to their IP Network will be free and they will clip the ticket for services delivered over the network. A better business model, a service provider can bundle the delivery cost into the service (aka pizza delivery) and the delivery man knows that he won't have to pay a toll to drive into someone's gate. Build the road Telecom. BG. - To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog