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Re: Internet II is coming...

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Justin W. Newton)
Tue Oct 8 21:22:39 1996

Date: Tue, 08 Oct 1996 21:33:10 -0400
To: Eric Ziegast <ziegast@zee.im.gte.com>, nanog@merit.edu
From: "Justin W. Newton" <justin@erols.com>

At 06:01 PM 10/8/96 -0700, Eric Ziegast wrote:
>If anything, it shows that there's a need for a higher level of
>service than what's being provided to everyone jumping onto the
>Internet bandwagon.  Who pays for it is arbitrary - whether it's
>the government or a Fortune 100 company, someone who sees value in
>it will pay for it.

hmm, ANX?  It seems to me as if these two projects are similar.  This could
be an interesting experiment.  If we have 2 parallel projects going on, one
privately funded and one (possibly) funded by the government, which one
ends up workin better in the end?  We all have our opinions I am sure, but
we may get to actually watch it happen.

Justin Newton
Internet Architect
Erol's Internet Services

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