I think we need to look at what the costs should be, not what they are today.

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On Jul 21, 2012 3:24 PM, "Shaun Carlson" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
What are MICE's current operating costs and what do the growth rates over the past 24-36 months look like?

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On Jul 21, 2012, at 15:20, Mike Horwath <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 12:13:49PM -0700, Owen DeLong wrote:
>> I would not want to see the 10G customers subsidizing free 1G
>> connections. I have no problem with the idea of $150/10G (though
>> many would likely prefer an annual $1,800). However, I would suggest
>> that if you are charging $150/10G, at least $20/1G ($240/1G/yr)
>> would also be appropriate. (IIRC, the 10G ports are not 10x the cost
>> of the 1G ports and there's some amount of overhead for maintaining
>> the account, etc. This would also serve as somewhat of an incentive
>> for people to move to 10G instead of multiple 1G ports which I think
>> is better for the exchange and its participants.
>
> I've always thought the idea of charging for the 1Gbps ports to be
> something that should be done but originally I was in the minority.
>
> Free is cool too, though :)
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