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Sent from my Motorola Startac... On Apr 14, 2009, at 8:17 AM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > Comcast made a splash last year in the wholesale world. First, they > placed > the biggest order of Cisco CRS-1s. Then they interconnected every city > they are in with OC256 links over their own fiber. Then they started > peering and worked a deal with Equnix direct to sell wholesale > transit. > They only sell full commit GigE and 10GigE ports, but the price is > right > and the performance is awesome. This is what happens when a company > builds > a modern network without legacy concerns AND has a lot of money. > > BTW, you might have missed that Comcast is actually a pretty major > content > company. They own E!, Style, Golf Channel, G4, various sports > channels, > the 76ers, the flyers, and several other content producers I can't > think > of. While those properties may be content in the traditional sense as > opposed to the web sense; Comcast is a big enough deal to leverage > this > situation as they enter new markets such as wholesale internet. > > -Matt > >> Well, Comcast typically does not provide their own transit, they buy >> transit >> from others. There are reasons for that, for example because they >> may buy >> effectively since they do mostly download and provide little >> content, or >> to >> stay focused on their core competency which is not transit. That >> does not >> mean they couldn't or don't have a model to sell transport. For >> example, >> Cox >> sells wholesale transport bandwidth. But there is little motive for >> them >> to >> give you a good price, when you are in competition to them. I'd argue >> anywhere you'd want to pick up a connection from them, where they'd >> sell >> it >> to you, you'd probably have options from other companies for a better >> price. >> But not my place to speak for them. >> >> Tom DeReggi >> RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc >> IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "grant" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, April 13, 2009 9:46 AM >> Subject: [WISPA] Comcast Bandwidth >> >> >>> Does anyone have any contacts/experience for buying wholesale >>> bandwidth >>> from >>> Comcast? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Grant >>> >>> >>> --- >>> --- >>> --- >>> --- >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >>> http://signup.wispa.org/ >>> --- >>> --- >>> --- >>> --- >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] >>> >>> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >>> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >>> >>> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >> >> >> >> --- >> --- >> --- >> --- >> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> http://signup.wispa.org/ >> --- >> --- >> --- >> --- >> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >> > > > > --- > --- > --- > --- > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > --- > --- > --- > --- > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
