[AusNOG] Apologies, bandwidth trading

[Joshua D'Alton]

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.

Josh

On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 5:45 PM, Craig Askings <craig at askings.com.au> wrote:

> On 29/05/2012 4:06 PM, carl gough [mobsource] wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
>>
> I had a look at your website earlier, I figured you already had the
> answers and the product planned out.
>
> 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.
>
> Craig.
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