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  From: Richard Russell <richardrussell@mail.com>
  To  : Mark Newton <newton@atdot.dotat.org>
  Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 21:13:42 +1030

RE: AOL? or best ISP

> But I suspect the real reason we're having this conversation right now
> is that you have a less-than-complete understanding of what it costs to
> run an ISP.  A word of advice:  Instead of looking at a retail price and
> working backwards to estimate what the likely wholesale price must be,
> why not look at the (publically available) wholesale prices and determine
> what you'd be retailing the service for if you were running it.

Can I just make the point that Businesses are more expensive to run than the
average punter thinks? As are mission-critical IT systems (like the ones
ISPs need to use)... I've been looking into it recently, and there is _so_
much overhead... that is all. :)

rr

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