[ppml] [narten at us.ibm.com: PI addressing in IPv6 advances in ARIN]

[Peter Sherbin]

"Even tiny charges based on utilization decrease usage substantially."
(Internet pricing and the history of communications, A. M. Odlyzko.)

Here is a practical example. This winter my natural gas price has increased by 100%
with hardly any impact on usage.

The above comparison assumes that whatever runs through the Internet pipes is a
commodity.

Peter


--- Michael.Dillon at btradianz.com wrote:

> > As a financially conscious ISP I want volume based pricing as the 
> > major marketing,
> > product development and ROI tool.
> 
> Read Odlyzko's papers to see why you will never get
> pure volume based pricing.
> http://www.dtc.umn.edu/~odlyzko/doc/networks.html
> 
> --Michael Dillon
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