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On Fri, 20 Oct 1995, Ian Carr-de Avelon wrote:
> At 23:59 19-10-95 -0700, David Berkham wrote:
> > suddenly, yesterday, my provider(teleport)
> >made a decision to cutoff all CU-SeeMe use on their service, because of the
> >bandwidth problem it creates with their routers.
>
> What is their precise reason?
> We have seen objections before that the reflector sent 100K which
> the modem could not possibly pass through. So the poor old provider was
> paying for 100K of Internet connection for a 28K modem customer. That is
> supposed to be different in the new reflector. Is there still a problem, or
> reflectors using the old code, or is the provider refusing to provide 28K of
> Internet access for a modem customer.
> The latter would be quite understandable. Looking at the charges for
> private lines, I get the impression thet unlimited 28K access should cost
> more like $500 per month than the prices charged. The low flat rate charges
> depend upon a) not everyone being on line all the time b) most people on
> line sending and receiving bursts rather than flat out.
> It will be interesting to see how this develops. I can imagine that
> the low flat rates may fall away and we will have meetering, or cheap
> providers and providers with a full service. The real problem comes with the
> fact that the providers are the Internet. If one provider blocks packets to
> CU-SeeMe's sockets, this may prevent CU-SeeMe traffic between customers of
> other providers. This could be just the opening that Bill Gates has been
> looking for :-0)
> Yours,
> Ian
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