> From [email protected] Mon Sep 20 13:24:42 > 2010 > From: William Herrin <[email protected]> > Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 14:25:31 -0400 > Subject: Re: Did Internet Founders Actually Anticipate Paid, > To: Justin Horstman <[email protected]> > Cc: NANOG <[email protected]> > > On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 2:08 PM, Justin Horstman > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Devil's Advocate here, > > > > What would you say to ISP A that provided similar > > speeds as ISP B, but B took payments from content > > providers and then provided the service for free? > > > > Gives you the choice, ISP A, which costs, and ISP B, > > which is free, and most people wouldn't know the difference. > > Justin, > > I'd say ISP B was incorrectly described. He doesn't provide service > for free; he merely has a different customer. In ISP A, the end user > is the customer but in ISP B, he isn't.
I'm tempted to point out that there have been severl attempts at the ISP B model. None of which are still in existance. I take that back, one or two of them may still exist, but they're not using that business model any more.
