Re: ISP service pricing models

["Atsushi Takeshita" <takeshita@dcl.docomo-usa.com>]

Hello.

> > All this has perhaps little to do with technology, but it seems clear
> > to me that even if we spend lots of efforts making the technology
> > scalable, customers won't see the benefit unless the pricing on
> > both the supplier and the user side is reasonable and scalable too.
> 
> this is true in spades, the business case was always the hardest thing to
> drive through in the early days of Internet service.   

I agree that we need a good pricing method.

However, I think the problem is that we don't have better 
charging method than per packet charge (volume charge) 
for wireless Internet access services.

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TAKESHITA, Atsushi
DoCoMo Communications Laboratories USA, Inc.
takeshita@dcl.docomo-usa.com
Tel: 408-451-4705 / Fax: 408-573-1090
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