-------- ] From: Steve Goldstein--Ph 202-357-9717 <sgoldste@cise.cise.nsf.gov> ] Subject: Re: March NSFNET T1 Usage by Service ] Date: Wed, 01 Apr 92 14:41:12 EST ] ] Which just goes to illustrate that traffic-based cost-sharing models for ] [intercontinental] links are complicated by things like FTP where the origin ] address sends huge amounts of data for which it did not initiate the ] session. Some countries/entities turn out to be (grossly) net exporters ] of data. --SG As transport costs decrease, it is likely that there will be a shift towards information based billing (i.e. billing for access to archives, information servers, etc.) It's interesting to consider the impact that such a shift would have on today's network service providers. Networks that exist primarily to provide access to other organizations' data may have a difficult transition ahead. /John