RE: This is a must read document. It will freak you out

[dgillett]

On 7 Jun 2001, at 19:01, Zachary Uram wrote:

> Why are ISPs so uncooperative?
> Isn't it in *their* best interest as well to limit needless
> bandwidth on their networks?

  ONLY if the ongoing cost of filtering out that bandwidth is less 
than the ongoing cost of owning the extra capacity to carry it.  And 
I'd bet that the latter always comes out negligible....
  [This assumes, of course, that they define "best interests" in 
terms of the quarterly bottom line.]

David Gillett


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