[6198] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Internic address allocation policy
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Billy Biggs)
Tue Nov 19 16:11:33 1996
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 15:56:24 -0500 (EST)
From: Billy Biggs <ae687@freenet.carleton.ca>
To: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
cc: Eric Germann <ekgermann@cctec.com>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <199611191839.NAA15727@jekyll.piermont.com>
On Tue, 19 Nov 1996, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
> 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.
Even cheeper. Used VTs are excellent for this sort of purpose, etc.
However, there has been a dramatic decrease in the number of providers
offering shell or text-based Internet access. The biggest problem I see
to the situation is when users _and_ providers believe they need
high-powered computers to access 'the net'.
--
Billy Biggs
ae687@freenet.carleton.ca
