smooth surfing Was: ...NAT users

[JD Runyan]

Main Entry: commodity <http://www.m-w.com/images/audio.gif>
Pronunciation: k&-'mä-d&-tE
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -ties
Etymology: Middle English commoditee, from Middle French commodité, 
           from Latin commoditat-, commoditas, from commodus
1 : an economic good: as a : a product of agriculture or mining b : 
  an article of commerce especially when delivered for shipment 
  <commodities futures> c : a mass-produced unspecialized product
  <commodity chemicals> <commodity memory chips>

----- Forwarded message from Patrick Miller <pert at ygbd.tas-kc.com> -----

From: Patrick Miller <pert at ygbd.tas-kc.com>
X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL3]
To: rmeeker at kc.rr.com
Subject: Re: smooth surfing Was: ...NAT users

We are back to the over selling of the lines.

I know I'll never change peoples mind, but here is my latest attempt
Lets say they sign up 10 people for DSL. 

They say you will always get 384k assuming no more than XX % of the
subscribers use the line to the 384 level at any given second. If it is
quiet you will probably be able to get 1.5 megs. Now if everyone is using
more than 384k all of the time then they will have to pay for more lines per
month at a recurring charge of $800+ per month. OC3's at a reasonable level
of usage run what $2-4 per gig transfered. That is a commodity that needs to be
paid for.  Not to mention employees (you want a well run network, and good
customer service), other operating expenses (utilities, rent, etc), new
equipment (including upgrades, and maintenance agreements, capacity
increases for your HIGH USAGE).

That is a commodity that needs to be paid for.  Is it fair to the other 10
people if you take so much bandwidth--either with or without a nat.

Even quest charges a lot for there t-1's and they have so much fiber they
don't know what to do with it all. Why because while competitive they still
need to pay for all the cable, and have to pay for customer service personnel
or keep the user base at a reasonable level (you;ve heard of growing pains).
They found a reasonable figure to pay off dept in the required time, and
keep necessary cash in reserve and flowing.

> 
> Keep in mind that those Coulombs /second are all representing the depletion
> of a certain type of fuel.  In the case of most of the people here in Kansas
> City, that fuel is coal, and coal costs money.  The cable paid for the
> infrastructure that they are using, but that was just putting it in.  Now
> all they have to do is to maintain it, and there is nothing that states that
> they have to make all their money back in the first year that they provide
> the service.


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JD Runyan
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