Eric Sorenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
What is it that is supporting this cost? Why isn't it coming down?As far as I know, reasonable quality Internet connectivity (excluding deals for peering arrangments, as you noted) still bottoms out at around $200 per month per megabit, up through the 50-100mbit range.
A very superficial analysis says that the industry spent all the debt on digging trenches and laying fibre but that's now done. There are persistent reports that well over 50% of the laid fibre is dark. So the cost now should depend on the installation of termination electronics and routers. And these should be following Moore's Law. So should we be looking at Cisco's Qtrly figures to understand why wholesale bandwidth maintains it's price? Or is there an OPEC-like cartel operating to restrict supply?
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