[lbo-talk] the bandwidth police and capacity utilization

[Jean-Christophe Helary]

In the country side of Japan where I live, I use optical fiber  
without any limitation whatsoever. For ¥6000 a month. With a $1=¥120  
rate that puts my internet access at $50.

The fiber "pipe" is made available by NTT for ¥5000 a month, and the  
provider charges me ¥12000 a year for the access.

I have the possibility to change of telephone pipe too (a service  
provided by NTT), from coper to fiber and with that I'd save money on  
_all_ my comunications (paid to NTT), the price would be roughly  
equivalent to Telephone on IP services provided by other companies.

I can't imagine how many jobs are _not_ created in the US because the  
pipe providers are beeing so greedy instead of investing in their  
future. The US is loosing a huge amount of ground vs the EU and Asian  
country because of them.

In French, we have a word for that: ils veulent le beurre, l'argent  
du beurre et la crémière...

Jean-Christophe Helary

On 7 sept. 07, at 21:26, Eubulides wrote:


> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/06/ 
> AR2007090602545.html
>
> Shutting Down Big Downloaders
> Comcast Cuts Internet Service to Bandwidth Hogs
> By Kim Hart
> Washington Post Staff Writer
> Friday, September 7, 2007; A01