On Thu, 15 Feb 1996, Alan B. Clegg wrote:
On Mon, 12 Feb 1996, Paul Ferguson wrote:
[How to get a block]
Creating a consortium [akin to the NAP model] of small ISP's could easily resolve this problem, if all address space allocated to each ISP was contiguous and could be aggregated to a larger prefix.
But, this would require working with your direct competition in your local geographic area.
Ain't gonna happen.
No way, No How.
Wrong. It already is happening in some regions. You won't see any direct competition in the Internet business for at least two more years unless you see monsters under your bed and the CIA are listening in on your brain. The Internet market is miniscule. It is growing fast. It will continue to grow fast. No one company can hope to grow fast enough to dominate in any particular city. That's why you don't have to work with your local competition, you just have to work with your other local ISP's in building your local Internet infrastructure and growing your local Internet market.. Michael Dillon Voice: +1-604-546-8022 Memra Software Inc. Fax: +1-604-546-3049 http://www.memra.com E-mail: michael@memra.com