> -----Original Message-----
> From: HAMISH MACEWAN [mailto:hamish@usa.net]
> Sent: Monday, 12 July 1999 20:42
> To: ADSL List
> Subject: RE: IPs & ISPs
>
>
> Marcus Steeneken <SteenekenM@caa.govt.nz> wrote:
>
> > I suspect that you need an ISP to sell you Internet traffic!
>
> You can buy bread from a baker, not just the supermarket.
>
> ISP's don't make Internet traffic, they wholesale it on to
> you... if ISP's
> were optional, we could cut out the middle man, assuming
> you're able to make
> your own arrangements for email and other services...
>
That's true but to buy from the wholesaler (Netgate) you need to purchase
large volumes before they would even consider you.

> > I believe that Paradise are still negotiating with Telecom
>
> That's interesting, from the PR traffic, so you know how
> reliable my source
> is, I'd concluded it was a done deal.
>
> Hamish.
>
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Received on Mon Jul 12 08:46:59 1999