Bandwidth as Commodity

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Bandwidth as Commodity 105

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday May 24, 1999 @03:30PM from the stuff-to-think-about dept.

TwoSticks writes "This NY Times article (CT:required annoying but free registration) and one at Yahoo talk about the Enron corporation working to set up a market for bandwidth, similar to the existing markets for buying and selling gas and electricity, but with transaction times in seconds. They claim this is essential for next generation network management, and I'm inclined to agree. "

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