[10965] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Billing & Regulations
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Willard Dawson)
Wed Mar 16 20:15:37 1994
From: wdawson@willard.atl.ga.us (Willard Dawson)
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 1994 00:35:53 GMT
Apparently-To: com-priv@psi.com
nettech@crl.COM (Joseph W. Stroup) writes:
>With this constant chatter about the FCC & how billing could be handled
>for usage..It makes me wonder if some of you work for the telco.
I've not participated in the billing discussion, but... it just does so
happen that I do work for "the telco." By daylight hours, anyhow.
>Why even
>bring up how, when and where we can start billing. Drop it and it might
>just go away.
Truly wishful thinking on your part. Indeed, any suggestion that we get
involved in Internet services immediately evokes the perennial question:
"How can we bill for it?" It is *the* most pertinent question afloat in
this mailing list, so far as my management is concerned.
