[1916] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: [NIC-960209.1757] Routing Problem (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Dillon)
Thu Feb 15 16:08:48 1996
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 13:07:52 -0800 (PST)
From: Michael Dillon <michael@memra.com>
To: "Alan B. Clegg" <abc@gateway.com>
cc: Paul Ferguson <pferguso@cisco.com>, Robert Du Gaue <rdugaue@calweb.com>,
William Allen Simpson <bsimpson@morningstar.com>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.91.960215103858.14183W-100000@mypc.gateway.com>
On Thu, 15 Feb 1996, Alan B. Clegg wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Feb 1996, Paul Ferguson wrote:
>
> [How to get a block]
>
> > Creating a consortium [akin to the NAP model] of small ISP's could
> > easily resolve this problem, if all address space allocated to each
> > ISP was contiguous and could be aggregated to a larger prefix.
>
> But, this would require working with your direct competition in your
> local geographic area.
>
> Ain't gonna happen.
>
> No way, No How.
Wrong. It already is happening in some regions. You won't see any direct
competition in the Internet business for at least two more years unless
you see monsters under your bed and the CIA are listening in on your
brain.
The Internet market is miniscule. It is growing fast. It will continue to
grow fast. No one company can hope to grow fast enough to dominate in any
particular city. That's why you don't have to work with your local
competition, you just have to work with your other local ISP's in
building your local Internet infrastructure and growing your local
Internet market..
Michael Dillon Voice: +1-604-546-8022
Memra Software Inc. Fax: +1-604-546-3049
http://www.memra.com E-mail: michael@memra.com
