They will then focus on the "NFL cities" for colocation and only provide bandwidth/transport/other network services to everyone else.
Can we discuss how ridiculous the "NFL cities" model is? Yes, I get it. NFL cities meet a certain size criteria in terms of business, population, talent, etc. [feel free to replace NFL cities by: Tier "1" Cities/Metros, Major passenger or cargo airports, historic Train locations, Blockbuster Locations, Fedex depots, etc] But when you compare your business plan to *every* other National/International player that has the EXACT same plan and city map... um... where is your differentiation? (Even if one calls its NFL cities and one calls it "Major Airports") The ridiculous part of the plan is that a) it does not obviate the need for in-between depots of connectivity [for regens, ROADMs, etc] and b) each city has a different specific mix of data/colo/IP/voice/what have you based on local demographics (and incumbents)... and there is no planning of right-sizing capex and revenue. Oh well, I think I'll be concerned when a company actually has a real business plan rather than something recycled from the bottom of a box of Cracker Jack's. Operational Content: While there are significant opex costs to removed by making places like WDC, SFO, JFK/LGA, LAX and others great hubs of interconnectivity there is a) an over-concentration of SPOFs and vulnerability to localized infrastructure threats, and b) hyper competition in some markets and gross under competition in others. The profits many of these carriers seek may come from running a few colos in "2nd tier" cities at much higher prices than they can charge in the "1st tier" cities. But then again -- if these guys had to show profits, they wouldn't be the guys they are today... They might even have executives with a proper business pedigree (you know MBAs or better from places that don't advertise on billboards and at professional sporting events) and not need to piss away billions in revenues to meet their use guidelines. Does Level3 have a stadium yet? I think they need one to brand so they can finally file for that BK that's been hanging around their neck for years. Deepak Jain AiNET _______________________________________________ NANOG mailing list NANOG@nanog.org http://mailman.nanog.org/mailman/listinfo/nanog