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Technology Stocks : The *NEW* Frank Coluccio Technology Forum -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (31940)	11/4/2009 10:15:32 AM
From: Maurice Winn	1 Recommendation Respond to of 46821

Match supply and demand. Leave people to bid for their packets to move: <Poster: "They (the carriers) no longer control the applications--they just don't. They need to optimize the business with a mind of being a much more intelligent service distributor, and they can start to do that now." FAC: "Much more intelligent?" But how? > Top bidder's packets move now. That doesn't mean a continuous auction for all packets. Some portion might be sold as baseload at low prices. Some might be sold on a contingency basis [cheap but we kick you off if we get a higher bidder]. The last 20% of capacity could be sold on the hoof to the instantaneous high bidders. Mqurice