[11] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: BARRNET and transitive grief
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Stephen Wolff)
Wed Oct 17 13:13:39 1990
From: Stephen Wolff <steve@cise.nsf.gov>
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 90 12:30:24 -0400
To: ittai@shemesh.gba.nyu.edu
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
> Rather than funding an individual or an academic department, funding
> could be allocated ... to an institution ...
That's always been my model, for just the reasons you and others have cited.
> It defeats the purpose of the Internet if only one small part of the
> institution is connected ...
Indeed, it is a condition of our connection grants to institutions that
the network be accessible to every qualified person on campus - preferably
by the installation or augmentation of a campus network.
-s
