That question is a quiet normal one for folks to ask, there isn't any particular motivation behind this.
Because IP Bandwidth is such a commodity product, a lot of folks will ask you such questions in order to determine what sort of product / package you are looking for. Many times they will ask you as to what is your budget for this ? We are in very competitive Metro area's, we commonly use such dialog to negotiate with the providers. There is a series of questions that the Bandwidth vendor has to get answers to so that they can determine what to propose to you. ... Are they pricing from their POP or are they going to have to purchase private transport to bring the Bandwidth to you ? ...Are you looking for small amount of bandwidth ? 10meg 20meg etc ? or are you looking for larger amount... 100meg or higher ? If there is no 'private transport' involved, then paying $10 to $50 / meg for small amount of bandwith is not unreasonable (less than 10megs) and when you get to 100meg on a Gig E (Ethernet connection) then you should be seeing $3 to $10/meg, depending on the provider. For higher than 100meg commits, there a folks who will do $1 to $3 /meg. Faisal Imtiaz Snappy Internet & Telecom On 10/4/2010 3:31 PM, Roger Howard wrote: > What do you do when you ask for a quote for bandwidth, and the person > asks what you are paying right now. Do you tell them, and if you do, > won't they just undercut it by a little just to get your business? > Seems like a strange way of doing business to ask what you're paying > for something before giving you a quote. > > Thanks, > Roger > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
