[44] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: competition
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kent England)
Mon Oct 29 18:49:00 1990
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 90 18:29:43 est
From: kwe@buitb.bu.edu (Kent England)
To: kwe@buitb.bu.edu, schoff@psi.com
Cc: com-priv@psi.com, roy@alanine.phri.nyu.edu
I don't consider networking in support of research and
education to be "commercial". Commercial is determined by
the usage and not by the classification of the client.
Commercial networks don't have appropriate use restriction.
Non-commercial networks do.
NEARnet is non-commercial. So is BUnet.
--Kent
> From schoff@psi.com Mon Oct 29 18:13:22 1990
> To: kwe@buitb.bu.edu (Kent England)
> Cc: com-priv@psi.com, roy@alanine.phri.nyu.edu
> Subject: Re: competition
> Date: Mon, 29 Oct 90 18:16:08 -0500
> From: "Martin Lee Schoffstall" <schoff@psi.com>
>
>
>
> > I suppose if I were a representative of a commercial internet
> > service provider, I would be trying to convince you that you could not
> > get an equivalent level of service from another vendor.
>
> But you are. Aren't the majority of your accounts commercial
> and only a minority (25%?) academic.
>
> Marty
>
