[10886] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: The FCC strikes the Internet (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (James Love)
Sun Mar 13 18:52:30 1994
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 1994 14:31:00 -0500 (EST)
From: James Love <love@essential.org>
To: Tony Rutkowski <amr@isoc.org>
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: <9403130935.aa22284@CNRI.Reston.VA.US>
On Sun, 13 Mar 1994, Tony Rutkowski wrote:
> The NSFNet is hardly the only backbone. Indeed, Jessica Yu's seminal
> work at the CERN Exchange last year revealed that they see 10 % more
> networks than the NSFNet. What NSF is pulling is their funding of
> one of many backbones. Some major users might see a slight rise in
> their costs. Of course, what you get in return is a more vibrant
> Internet with greater freedom because there is no longer an AUP.
I stand corrected on the number of NSF funded backbones. A question
that you must know the answer to is this. What does the NSF funding have
to do with the current pricing of the internet? That is to say, does the
NSF funding that is available today have anything to do with the way that
internet settlements are done, and will the withdrawal of the NSF funds
remove not only the AUP, but also these directions (rules, incentives,
etc, if any) on pricing policies?
- jamie
> How about Larry Irving at the NTIA? NII Task Force? OTA? NARUC?
> Indeed,
Actually, the amendment in HR 3636 does include NTIA.
> Marc Rotenberg and I were speakers at last week's NARUC meeting
> where this and related subjects were raised. Ultimately it's probably
> the PUCs you want to convince anyhow, since they control the local service
> telco service offerings and rates. And, they are really interested in
> hearing from the Internet community on these matters.
>
So, in your view the forum should be NTIA or the state PUCS, but not
the FCC?
- jamie
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