MARKETS: Bandwidth Trading

From: GBurch1@aol.com
Date: Sat Dec 05 1998 - 05:17:23 MST


Here's an interesting development:

 
<A HREF="http://www.abcnews.com/sections/tech/DailyNews/bandwidth981205.html">
Setting Up a Bandwidth Market</A>
http://www.abcnews.com/sections/tech/DailyNews/bandwidth981205.html

"Bandwidth trading floors have been set up by entrepreneurs
like Richard Elliott of London’s Band-X and Alex Mashinsky
of New York’s Arbinet. They and a few others have recently
set up online spot markets where telecoms can make
bandwidth trades over the Internet.

"Creating a spot market for carrying capacity among telecoms
is only the first step in the commoditization of bandwidth:
eventually, there will be a fully-functioning commodities
market where minutes are traded as investments, and where
many buyers and sellers never use the product."

        Greg Burch <GBurch1@aol.com>----<burchg@liddellsapp.com>
           Attorney ::: Director, Extropy Institute ::: Wilderness Guide
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