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Wednesday, July 03, 2002What's the cost of maintainance mode?
Looks like the Ebone may be taking a brief vacation.IANAA, but it seems to me that the cost of maintaining operations would be predominantly personnel-related. The fiber is sunk; that's not an operational cost. The network needs power; that is. There are peering fees for upstream connections; that is. Monies paid by downstream subscribers should cover the operational costs, if not those of the operators.
Powering down the network is not a necessity, but rather a bargaining chip in negotiations to support the operators.
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