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On Jul 23, 2012, at 3:29 PM, Jay Hanke wrote: >> It certainly makes the case for considering continuing the current model. >> Again, it comes down to evaluating costs. Jay's model seems to indicate >> that the non-recurring fees are the largest part of this model. It's also >> fair to assume this gear will be in service for more than one year. > > 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. -- Andrew Hoyos [log in to unmask] ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the MICE-DISCUSS list, click the following link: http://lists.iphouse.net/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=MICE-DISCUSS&A=1