-----Original Message----- From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu] On Behalf Of Erik Haagsman Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 2:40 PM To: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu Cc: John Payne; Patrick W.Gilmore; nanog@merit.edu Subject: Re: cogent+ Level(3) are ok now On Tue, 2005-11-01 at 18:48 -0500, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
On Tue, 01 Nov 2005 11:46:20 EST, John Payne said:
What am I missing?
Obviously, the same thing that management at SBC is missing:
He argued that because SBC and others have invested to build high-speed networks, they are due a return.
"There's going to have to be some mechanism for these people ... to
<snip> pay for the
portion they're using. Why should they be allowed to use my pipes?" He offered no details how his idea could be accomplished.
For an Internet company to "expect to use these pipes free is nuts!" Whitacre added for good measure.
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Well, the other funny thing is that SBC doesn't just spend its own money to build these networks. They get all sorts of help from gov't, etc with taxes and multiple other breaks. I think that was the original complaint. -Drew
On Fri, 4 Nov 2005, Drew Weaver wrote:
Well, the other funny thing is that SBC doesn't just spend its own money to build these networks. They get all sorts of help from gov't, etc with taxes and multiple other breaks.
I think that was the original complaint.
Comcast is wrong, she maintains. "It's not like the $30 million subsidy they got to build their corporate headquarters," she said. "This crying about subsidies is a little disingenuous." http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/30/business/yourmoney/30frenzy.html
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