On Sat, 29 Mar 1997, Aleph One wrote:
On Sat, 29 Mar 1997, David R. Conrad wrote:
Size Fee Amt of space Per address per year fee ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Small $2500/year /24 - /19 $9.77 - $0.31 Medium $5000/year >/19 - /16 $0.61 - $0.08 Large $10K/year >/16 - /14 $0.15 - $0.04 X-Large $20K/year >/14 $0.08 -> $0.00
I'am I the only one that finds that the fact that the prices actually *decrease* the larger the address blocks is disturbing? Not only does it make entrace into the ISP market more difficult, but it allows the creation of a highly profitable market for the resale of IP addresses if you buy then in bulk to beging with (yeah, yeah I know about allocation policies, but I seen people get large blocks easily).
Yup, I noticed that too. Of course, according to every network CFO's spreadsheets, the real Internet money at the moment is in co-location and T1 connections for businesses. The nightmare scenario for UUnet, MCI, Sprint and so on is easy to imagine. What if small local providers got that business? Unlike almost any other business, smaller ISPs have *less* costs per user. Larger routers are *more* expensive per port then smaller routers. What if people used PCs running Linux instead of Cisco/Bay routers? Economy of scale in reverse. Could we have 4000 10 people companies provide Internet connectivity to the majority of US business within a couple of years? At $80-200/month for a T1? This is what "they" are trying to avoid/slow down. Seems that the Internet turns some things on its head. Like the need to have large corporations for providing large scale Internet services. According to Boardwatch magazine, about 4000 2-10 people ISPs are providing Internet services to the majority of the US. ATT, Sprint and so on can't make money at it but it sure is a great way for a technical person to make $100K/year from with a T1 in a living room. Dirk
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