-----Original Message----- From: Ian Collier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no <sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no> Date: 30 July 1999 15:50 Subject: Re: Hello again...
>On Thu, Jul 29, 1999 at 04:13:43PM +0100, Nick Humphries wrote: > >> Maybe it's a compromise. Consider this: how much business would BT lose out on >> if ClaraNET did this with another telco instead of BT? ClaraNET wins because it >> gets more customers because they want "free phone calls". BT wins because it >> gets SOME money instead of losing that bit of business to a competitor. > >Well, I don't know how much a local-rate phone call actually costs BT to >run, but presumably it is non-zero. It also costs Clara to maintain the >modems and pay for its transatlantic link. It just seemed unlikely to me >that the extra cash would cover it. Nothing to lose any sleep over. ClaraNET aren't losing anything since the standard subscription fee covers their costs, and BT earns something like £100 clear profit a second anyway. I just think BT is forced to cut their losses (losing a bit of money in phone charges is better than losing the custom of a large ISP), and ClaraNET took advantage of that fact. Nick
