Re: AARNet charges - IMPORTANT!!

Chris Keane - Chief ENS Pointyhead (Chris.Keane@nospam.aus.sun.com)
Tue, 13 Dec 1994 12:07:43 +1100

Colin says
>
> Of course, AARNet is already volume charging service providers, and has
> been for some months now. Microplex tells me they expect to pay AARNet
> over $100,000 next year in international charges. Isn't that almost as
> expensive as leasing your own overseas line?
>

No.

I just finished buying a new one and it's significantly more expensive than
$100,000. When you start talking about the potential available bandwidth
for AARNet people (8Gb) you're also talking not insignificant numbers
of millions of dollars.

Christofu.