RE: UKNM: big ISP news

[Paul Durrant]

Craig Pickup wrote:


I do not know if this particular model from the ISP side will be viable or not

but I have heard of other ISPs in the near launch stage of offering free

access

and obtaining their revenue from a percentage of the telephone charges paid by

those accessing. Even though it will be a standard local dial number the

amount

of revenue they can obtain from the telco will be sufficient income to support

them.


Surely this model is going nowhere.  In Europe we already pay too much

for local Internet access in phone charges.  If anything deregulation /

competition means local call costs should come down. (or am I just over

optimistic) Doesn't leave much icing on the cake for the ISP - and I

understand its very thin as it is


Paul Durrant

Tarnlough Ltd.