[45] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: competition
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Martin Lee Schoffstall)
Mon Oct 29 18:53:49 1990
To: kwe@buitb.bu.edu (Kent England)
Cc: schoff@psi.com, com-priv@psi.com, roy@alanine.phri.nyu.edu
In-Reply-To: Your message of Mon, 29 Oct 90 18:29:43 -0500.
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 90 18:35:38 -0500
From: "Martin Lee Schoffstall" <schoff@psi.com>
> 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.
The problem is that you don't get to decide this in the end, the
IRS does. Could you answer the 2nd question?
Marty
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--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
>
