Re: The Great Exchange

["Anthony Sticha" <ASticha () in com au>]

I wish that such a thing actually existed. Right now most charges are on
volume, with only one providor (to my knowledge) bringing a pipe in from the
US on a flat rate charge.

-----Original Message-----
From: Sean Donelan <SEAN () SDG DRA COM>
To: nanog () merit edu <nanog () merit edu>
Date: Thursday, 28 May 1998 12:37
Subject: Re: The Great Exchange


> > I think it's a North American view of the world, unsurprising on NANOG
> > :-) Traffic metering is the dominant charging mechanism for permanent
> > connections in Oz and Connect differentiate traffic based on its
> > source (domestic/cache/external).
>
> Hasn't a price war just broken out in Australia, with the dominant
> feature being the introduction of flat-rate pricing?
>
> --
> Sean Donelan, Data Research Associates, Inc, St. Louis, MO
>  Affiliation given for identification not representation