At 09:03 PM 9/10/97 -0400, Sean M. Doran wrote:
Of course, if bandwidth becomes much cheaper than you had bargained for initially, it could be a disadvantage to be trapped into using your own company's transmissions facilities with a requirement of a decent ROI, so it kinda cuts both ways.
Sean.
Sorry to say "me too", but this is a point that is well worth reading through twice, especially with todays fiber markets. With the major build outs of many alternative long haul fiber companies (Qwest, IXC, etc etc), it is becoming /very/ unclear that being a facilities based provider offers you /any/ advantages whatsoever in the realm of price/performance. I would argue that just the opposite is true. ************************************************************** Justin W. Newton voice: +1-650-482-2840 Senior Network Architect fax: +1-650-482-2844 PRIORI NETWORKS, INC. http://www.priori.net Legislative and Policy Director, ISP/C http://www.ispc.org "The People You Know. The People You Trust." **************************************************************