Re: [Asrg] Spam Ecomomics

John Levine <asrg@johnlevine.com> Fri, 31 December 2004 15:05 UTC

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From: John Levine <asrg@johnlevine.com>
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Subject: Re: [Asrg] Spam Ecomomics
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>Spam does not cost at the higher levels i.e. peering. It costs in transit
>fees. Large entity peering == settlement free. transit == $.

I believe that even with 90% spam, the number of backbone bits used
for email is less than that used for web pages or for file sharing.

The costs of spam are out at the edges, mail servers and customer
support.


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