[IP] more on two notes on the economics of Hot spots etc.

[David Farber <dfarber@earthlink.net>]

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From: "JFC (Jefsey) Morfin" <jefsey@jefsey.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2002 14:42:31 
To:dave@farber.net
Subject: Re: <[IP]> two notes on the economics of Hot spots etc.

On 13:05 11/12/02, Dave Farber said:
> >Since no terrestrial network has ever made money offering data-only
> >services, what do these folks know that the rest of the industry does not?

I am sorry but this is untrue. Tymnet did. As a former head of Tymnet 
International I can testify that creating and running the namespace in an 
open way, carrying international secure data, integrating extended services 
(what IAB calls OPES, ES for ... edge services)  in a way permitting VPN to 
deploy and prosper, does permit to make a good return. The same for OSI 
operators such as Transpac. etc..

When I joined datacoms in 1977 I heard but unfortunately did not applied 
lately a simple golden rule "you will make money in that business whatever 
you do, except if you use the ARPANET technology"

I then quickly learned another rule (I stick to) which explains the whole 
industries (telecoms and datacoms) problem: "one does not sell a network 
system to its users but to who needs it to be used".

Obviously modelizing properly information technology, communications and 
brainware as parts of the network system also helps a lot.

jfc





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