[8719] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: What's going on?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (david@sparks.net)
Sun Apr 20 21:31:09 1997
From: david@sparks.net
Date: Sun, 20 Apr 1997 21:17:09 -0400 (EDT)
To: "Matthew E. Pearson" <mpearson@games-online.com>
cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.19970418022458.006d6584@207.77.39.11>
On Fri, 18 Apr 1997, Matthew E. Pearson wrote:
> My honest recommendation although nobody wants to hear it is simple. You
> accomplish it the same way telecom, video, and other providers have for
> years and years.. GOVERNMENT REGULATION. If every ISP had to get licensed
> by the US (or other..) government and a clearly defined set of regulations
[...]
> I hate to say it but it appears that the Internet cannot run itself anymore
> because big-business does not want to sit down and play by the rules (not
[Many lines of "the government is the solution" deleted]
> We better do something QUICK before Uncle Sam gets any bright ideas.
Don't you feel a little silly posting both these statements in the same
message? You certainly look it:(
--- David Miller
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