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> As we’ve seen that bandwidth pricing is not reflective of the > underlying fair market value when Internet service providers have > monopolistic control,
by dfc 12y ago
> As we’ve seen that bandwidth pricing is not reflective of the
> underlying fair market value when Internet service providers have
> monopolistic control,
Where was the fair market value of bandwidth presented/derived? I did not see it on the page submitted or the page linked to in the excerpt.
- rdl 12y agoIt's a reference to http://blog.cloudflare.com/the-relative-cost-of-bandwidth-around-the-world http://blog.cloudflare.com/the-relative-cost-of-bandwidth-ar... i.e. telstra extracting monopoly rents by being a monopoly, vs. the otherwise prevailing price. I agree it's difficult to treat bandwidth as a true commodity, especially when there's a monopoly, but I think it's clear that if Australia weren't Telstra's victim, bandwidth prices would be far lower.