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The only problem I see with this is there is a slightly large hump for smaller ISP's to go over when they FIRST want to join and don't yet know the benefit... Reid On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 4:40 PM, Andrew Hoyos <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > On Jul 23, 2012, at 3:37 PM, Andrew Hoyos wrote: > > >> Actually, I think he's advocating charging a 5k setup fee for each 10G > >> ports, not the current model of no charges ever. > > > > > > Correct - my two cents on why this model works better: > > > > a.) folks that are doing the traffic warranting hardware upgrades (ie: > folks w/ 10G ports) are responsible for the cost (and they are deriving > more benefit for their $). > > b.) non-recurring costs are a much easier sell to $MGMT (at least in my > experience) > > c.) it keeps the entry cost into the IX low (xconnect + SFP) to > encourage more participants. > > > > I guess this is all assuming that the MICE recurring expenses would > either be mostly covered by monetary donations, or in-kind by providers of > those services. Any $ coming in from port costs mostly gets used for > hardware upgrades as needed + a reserve. > > Also, > > d.) keeps administrative burden low - no processing monthly invoices, > payments, etc. > > ######################################################################## > > To unsubscribe from the MICE-DISCUSS list, click the following link: > http://lists.iphouse.net/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=MICE-DISCUSS&A=1 > > -- Reid Fishler Director Hurricane Electric +1-510-580-4178 ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the MICE-DISCUSS list, click the following link: http://lists.iphouse.net/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=MICE-DISCUSS&A=1