Comments on: Com com com com com: Comreg Sits On Eircom http://www.lexferenda.com/17092007/512/ daithí mac sithigh's blog on cyberlaw & media law Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:21:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Tom Young http://www.lexferenda.com/17092007/512/#comment-1987 Tom Young Tue, 18 Sep 2007 15:45:47 +0000 http://www.lexferenda.com/17092007/512/#comment-1987 – Capacity Based charging models: Pay according to the capacity of circuit required regardless of usage, e.g. 100Mbps, STM1, 1000Mbps etc. Comments for debate: » simple & cost effective to implement, but does not necessarily reflect costs incurred by either party in handling traffic » therefore, may not give efficient investment and/or usage signals (i.e. all-you-can-eat pricing encourages you to eat too much…) » same as a usage charge if the bandwidth increments between different circuits are small enough » So, can also have same investment/usage signalling properties as usage based charging if these increments are small enough – Capacity Based charging models:

Pay according to the capacity of circuit required regardless of usage, e.g. 100Mbps, STM1, 1000Mbps etc.

Comments for debate:

» simple & cost effective to implement, but does not necessarily reflect costs incurred by either party in handling traffic

» therefore, may not give efficient investment and/or usage signals (i.e. all-you-can-eat pricing encourages you to eat too much…)

» same as a usage charge if the bandwidth increments between different circuits are small enough

» So, can also have same investment/usage signalling properties as usage based charging if these increments are small enough

]]> By: Tom Young http://www.lexferenda.com/17092007/512/#comment-1936 Tom Young Mon, 17 Sep 2007 13:26:22 +0000 http://www.lexferenda.com/17092007/512/#comment-1936 Yeah I'd guess its because this type of offering would more or less seal the coffin that is LLU. Additionally I expect ComReg don't have enough data on the offering. Tom. Yeah I’d guess its because this type of offering would more or less seal the coffin that is LLU. Additionally I expect ComReg don’t have enough data on the offering. Tom.

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