Thread: Why do ISPs have to charge at all?
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Old 06-18-2005, 12:13 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Yeah, whats so expensive is all the equipment needed to provide the service, such as fiber-optics, all the server/networking equipment, as well as leasing an OC-12 or OC-48 line, or whatever the ISP uses as a backbone.
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