[10887] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: The FCC strikes the Internet (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (James Love)
Sun Mar 13 20:10:37 1994
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 1994 15:49:41 -0500 (EST)
From: James Love <love@essential.org>
To: Russell Nelson <nelson@crynwr.com>
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: <m0pfs3M-000I9vC@crynwr>
On Sun, 13 Mar 1994, Russell Nelson wrote:
> Arrrrrgggghhhhh!!!! I pay my $25/month to PSI, and I get to send and
> receive as much email as I want. I have flat rate phone service, so I
> can stay on the modem all day for all it costs me.
>
> I REALLY don't know what your problem is, Jamie. If you want email to be
> "as free as the air", then it's going to end up as polluted as the air.
Well hold on a moment Russell. Flat rate pricing, which you have now,
isn't free.
There are two problems with internet access that concern us. First,
while some cities have low cost flat rate access available, many cities
are not so lucky. Second, we are concerned that the current settlements
policies might change as the NSF funding disappears. Others are not
very concerned about this.
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