If you do a traceroute from your machine to somewhere overseas, you'll
find it will go via the ISP and not Telecom.

David Glasgow wrote:
>
> I was under the understanding after talking to Paradise that they do not
> provide you will any internet bandwidth, this is provided by Telecom. The
> ISP that you choose only provides you with services such as email addresses,
> dns servers etc. Then your ISP will also provide you with additional
> services such as smtp queuing etc.
>
> This is only what I have been lead to believe, it may be totally wrong!
>
> dAVID
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-adsl@unixathome.org [mailto:owner-adsl@unixathome.org]On
> Behalf Of Juha Saarinen
> Sent: Thursday, 5 October 2000 11:38 a.m.
> To: Laurence Chiu; adsl@unixathome.org
> Subject: RE: clear/telecom deal
>
> %-> I hear it might get better and when SX comes on line, better still?
>
> Here's hoping...
>
> %-> I can't understand why they charge so much for local traffic.
> %-> Paradise is my
> %-> ISP yet I get charged 20c/MB to download from them when I go
> %-> over the limit.
> %-> What's the sense in that? That does really argue for the
> %-> unbundling of the
> %-> local loop if the new ISP or Telco can demonstrate their capability in
> %-> installation, servicing and supplying the new customers
>
> Paradise doesn't charge you 20 cents/MB, Telecom does. The details of the
> agreements between ISPs and Telecom aren't public, but I'm guessing that the
> former get a slice of the monthly charge levied by the latter, ditto of the
> excess volume charges. Otherwise I don't see how ADSL would make any
> financial sense to the ISPs -- I mean, Paradise couldn't pay for all my
> international traffic etc. with the $20 a month they charge me.
>
> Since Telecom's providing the DSL to the exchange, the equipment in the
> exchange, plus the ATM network to the ISPs, it's understandable that they'll
> want to recover that investment.
>
> I wonder if Clear et al would be prepared to invest in a nation-wide network
> like Telecom's, to provide residential customers with broadband access?
> Judging by the lack of activity by other providers, I guess not.
>
> -- Juha
>
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