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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