hmm,

Ok in the deregulated electricity market groups of like buyers come together
to form buying groups we are doing that at the moment.

Why cant a large group of adsl users get together and buy volume? formimng a
collective isp? I know this probably isnt practical right now but maybe
someday soon it will be.

Thing

-----Original Message-----
From: Harold Jarvie <hjarvie@bigfoot.com>
To: Adsl (E-mail) <adsl@freebsddiary.cx>
Date: Monday, 12 July 1999 14:08
Subject: RE: IPs & ISPs

>
>> >> I suspect that you need an ISP to sell you Internet traffic
>> >
>> >why?
>>
>> An analogy: the oil refineries won't sell to you either. Well, they
will,
>> if you are buying big. But don't expect to pull in and fill your car.
>> Same thing with internet traffic. It's called economies of scale. -- Dan
>> Langille
>
> I may be out of date but don't the oil companies own most of the gas
>stations in NZ.
>
>

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