More BW, Less Taxes

[bmanning () vacation karoshi com]

> > FWIW, I recently heard someone ask the question - "how do you go to your
> > investors and tell them you need more money for more bandwidth because you
> > don't want to efficiently manage your existing capacity?"
> >
> > This is the business case for QoS, IMHO.  
> >
> > Irwin
>
>       Which costs more, wholesale, raw bitpipes or qualified
>       engineering talent to create/police the policies needed
>       to maintain QoS?
>
> --bill
>
> That's the $64k question.  :-)
>
> > From what I've seen, there isn't a simple answer.  In places where bandwidth
> is exorbantantly expensive (such as outside the United States), simply over
> provisioning isn't an acceptable answer.  

        Why does BW cost so much? 

--bill