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Re: Internic address allocation policy

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jared Mauch)
Tue Nov 19 15:52:51 1996

From: Jared Mauch <jared@wolverine.hq.cic.net>
In-Reply-To: <199611191839.NAA15727@jekyll.piermont.com> from "Perry E. Metzger" at "Nov 19, 96 01:39:49 pm"
To: perry@piermont.com
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 15:20:30 -0500 (EST)
Cc: ekgermann@cctec.com, nanog@merit.edu

	You could also get (Dare I say) One of those web TV boxes.

	They are about $300, and are self containted.

	- Jared

Perry E. Metzger graced my mailbox with this long sought knowledge:
> 
> Eric Germann writes:
> > The barrier to entry for that poor person is significantly higher, in the
> > real world, for the poor person.  Net access may be had for $20/month.  But
> > the hardware is a significant barrier for the poor person.
> 
> Used PCs capable of providing net access are very cheap these days --
> $100 will get you a not entirely unreasonable setup for many purposes.
> 
> Perry
> 


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