[5207] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Internet: Getting more money ...??
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Curtis Villamizar)
Fri Oct 11 18:40:31 1996
To: "Robert E. Seastrom" <rs@bifrost.seastrom.com>
cc: smulugu@sprint.net, nanog@merit.edu
Reply-To: curtis@ans.net
In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 11 Oct 1996 12:29:02 EDT."
<199610111629.MAA23304@bifrost.seastrom.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 18:30:46 -0400
From: Curtis Villamizar <curtis@ans.net>
In message <199610111629.MAA23304@bifrost.seastrom.com>, "Robert E. Seastrom" w
rites:
>
> Would it be impolite to point out that if a $100M R&D effort would
> create the technology for a 2-3 order of magnitude speed-up, that the
> private sector would be falling all over themselves right this second
> to make it happen?
>
> Oh yeah, I forgot, he didn't exhale...
>
>
>
> Clinton Seeks Upgraded Internet
>
> President Clinton is emphasizing the high-tech road of the future on the
> campaign trail today. During visits to Knoxville, Tenn., and Dayton, Ohio,
> Clinton proposed a $100 million plan to expand the reach of the Internet.
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> ``It would lead to an explosion in learning,'' Clinton told a campaign rally
> in downtown Dayton. In Knoxville, Clinton said he wants to see the day ``when
> computers are as much a part of classrooms as blackboards.'' The proposal
> includes giving free Internet service to schools and libraries and upgrading
> the Internet to make it 100 to 1,000 times faster than the existing system.
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
Check out the OIG March 23, 1993 review of the NSFNET program. The T3
NFSNET was provided at a cost lower than one IXC bid for a T1 network.
The cost of the T3 NSFNET backbone service was $10M per year for 5
years, $15M per year for the 2 year extension.
An Internet-II might provide incentive for IXC to bid cutting edge
technology at or near (or under) cost, because if they don't a
different carrier will gain an edge.
Curtis
