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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (6054)	11/23/1999 8:35:00 AM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 12823

Today's Special: Free Bandwidth a la Elmatador I'd translate the free bandwidth under this perspective: The model for the next next gen network is the shopping mall. Look to a Shopping Mall. The shop-owner is paying for square feet or Sq meters. That's for valuation purposes (Service Level Agreement). In fact he is paying for bundled services. He pays for a share of the infrastructure the property developer built. The escalators, parking lot, fire-prevention, security, public announcement, resting areas, wash rooms. cleaning etc. The shop owner pays for this bundled of infrastructure. But when he signs a contract he is signing a contract for square feet that he is going to use to set his business. Now picture that: Bell Labs open a new mall says that the shop-owners will pay only a service charge (for the bundle of faciltites as above) and would say that floor space will be free.