| Yes WHOLESALE prices are down by 80% but RETAIL prices remain
relatively high. Are the ISP/Telco eating up the difference by way of
SUPER-PROFITS? Not sure. There are multiple and intermediary variables that play between the Wholesale Level and the Retail Level that includes, but not limited to Cost of Local loops, Usage/Volume Levels, Local Content, Regulatory& Competition Environments, Charging Models, etc. The challenge is to get a way in which to measure and establish which of the above variables will have the biggest, positive and sustainable impact on Retail Internet pricing. Worse still, a "wrong" distortion of any of the above maybe counterproductive to the others in the long run. It requires a delicate balance of the whole ecosystem. But perhaps I could be wrong.. walu. --- On Thu, 9/23/10, McTim <dogwallah@gmail.com> wrote:
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