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[Leon Brooks]

On Thursday 20 December 2001 04:19, Hook wrote:
> Anthony Jones wrote:
>> They are basically charging you for these things because they've got the
>> power to deny you these things. I understand that WAIX traffic is yet
>> another thing that they don't pay for but users do.

> A common misconception. WAIX traffic isn't free to iiNet. There's the cost
> of the pipe, the equipment cost and the cost of housing and running the
> equipment. Had you said that it cost less than bringing it in through uunet
> (for example) you'd probably have been right - but free it ain't

Disagree. You are only looking at one small part of the situation, and a 
slightly wider focus gives a completely different picture. If iiNet had to 
get data from (e.g.) an EfTel or AARNet mirror via Telstra rather than WAIX, 
it would cost them over 10c a megabyte (likely around 15c). The amortised 
cost to them of WAIX must be well under a cent for each megabyte they get 
through it, so for each megabyte they fetch through it the cost is *minus* at 
least 9c.

Cheers; Leon