[10948] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: flat-rate=cross subsidy (was: FCC strikes the internet)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lixia Zhang)
Tue Mar 15 14:43:18 1994
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 1994 11:41:04 PST
From: Lixia Zhang <lixia@parc.xerox.com>
To: Rbohn@ucsd.edu (Roger Bohn)
Cc: fidelman@civicnet.org, com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: Your message of Tue, 15 Mar 1994 11:24:07 -0800
> >Only if usage-sensitive pricing isn't offered.
> >
> >In our case at MCSNet, it is. You can CHOOSE.
> >
> >What I dislike is the government trying to tell me that one or the other
> >models of that form is wrong, that I must offer either, or that I may not
> >offer either. Any such proposal is a restraint on my company's choice.
>
> Absolutely, I agree 100%. I apologize for implying that there is anything
> wrong with voluntary flat rates. In that case, let the market decide. You
> save on billing cost and get other marketing advantages; see below.
agreement on all this free choice and no mandate etc.
One minor detail though: to leave people a free choice, we have to
have an accounting system built into the infrastructure (so I'm not
sure about the saving in billing cost)
