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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Gregory Soo)
Sun Jun 11 14:16:29 2000
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Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 13:13:20 -0500
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BUSINESS SPECIAL: The Consensus Machine
http://www.economist.com/editorial/freeforall/current/sf4096.html
The Internet has matured to the point where people are increasingly
asking: who runs it, and on whose behalf?
The Economist, June 10th - 16th 2000
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Beneath the Internet's happy communal culture, a cadre of giant carriers
is mercilessly squeezing every last dime it can out of smaller players.
Users are picking up the tab.
BACKBONE BULLIES
http://www.forbes.com/forbesglobal/00/0612/0312056a.htm
By Neil Weinberg, Forbes, June 12 2000
John M. Brown runs IHighway, an Internet access firm in Albuquerque, New
Mexico. He'd like to give his clients the fastest possible link to the
rest of the web world--but he can't.
That is because UUnet and the few other giant data haulers that dominate
Internet traffic don't have the fat, 45-megabit lines Brown would like
in Albuquerque. And Brown can't afford $120,000 a year to lease a pipe
running 530 kilometers to the UUnet hub in Phoenix, Arizona....
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<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>BUSINESS SPECIAL: The Consensus Machine </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>The Internet has matured to the point where people =
are increasingly</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>asking: who runs it, and on whose behalf? </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>The Economist, June 10th - 16th 2000</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>--------------------------------------</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Beneath the Internet's happy communal culture, a =
cadre of giant carriers</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>is mercilessly squeezing every last dime it can out =
of smaller players.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Users are picking up the tab. </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>BACKBONE BULLIES</FONT>
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HREF=3D"http://www.forbes.com/forbesglobal/00/0612/0312056a.htm" =
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>By Neil Weinberg, Forbes, June 12 2000 </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>John M. Brown runs IHighway, an Internet access firm =
in Albuquerque, New</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Mexico. He'd like to give his clients the fastest =
possible link to the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>rest of the web world--but he can't. </FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>That is because UUnet and the few other giant data =
haulers that dominate</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Internet traffic don't have the fat, 45-megabit =
lines Brown would like</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>in Albuquerque. And Brown can't afford $120,000 a =
year to lease a pipe</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>running 530 kilometers to the UUnet hub in Phoenix, =
Arizona....</FONT>
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