It is definitely a viable business model and economy of scale will come in where some/many IXes are not able to provide. What I would be more interested in is more like a co-operative or consortium, whereby all the members benefit by the scale but aren't necessarily tied down to products that could be eaten up as it were. AU is a quite unique market, what with raw pricing being far higher than the rest of the world, and the relative stranglehold the big 4 have in last mile and even just in general, plus the size and density, NBN, etc etc. I'd be hesitant to invest a lot into it, but as a perspective customer as long as the risk is managed I'd be very keen on seeing the product develop and mature.<div>
<br></div><div>Josh<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 5:45 PM, Craig Askings <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:craig@askings.com.au" target="_blank">craig@askings.com.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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My apologies – I didn’t mean to advertise or tout for business. Its my first post - I was interested in the technical and operational aspects of bandwidth trading and I was hoping to spark some debate on this subject. There is a renewed focus around the world in this subject.<br>
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I had a look at your website earlier, I figured you already had the answers and the product planned out.<br>
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Looking at it from a bandwidth supplier point of view the first thought that comes to mind, would be the concern that the kind of clients that I don't want will be the ones to flock to it first. The other thing that comes to mind is that if you do work out a viable business model expect the IXes to come in and eat your lunch. They already have X-connects and relationships to most of your target market.<br>
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Craig.<br>
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