The Cost of Differentiation
A willingness-to-pay for differentiated services exists
- Level 2 CIR, VANs, VPNs
- Voice Feature Groups (Follow Me Roaming, MCI One)
SP’s must be able to account for service provided to
- customers, regulators, policy makers
- SP partners (e.g., settlements)
But… SP’s require tools to
- deliver differentiated services and
- demonstrate that a service is indeed “differentiated”