[11192] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: ANS and the CIX - have they really connected? (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Doug Humphrey)
Thu Mar 24 17:13:55 1994
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 1994 17:20:46 -0500 (EST)
From: Doug Humphrey <digex@ss1.digex.net>
Reply-To: Doug Humphrey <digex@ss1.digex.net>
To: com-priv@psi.com
The Most Righteous Mr. Karl DEMANDS answers!
>Excuse me, Doug, but let's look this RIGHT in the face and quit
>sidestepping the issue -- obfuscation doesn't serve anyone's purpose.
>1) Digex was set up in part under ANS's Diamond Mine deal, right?
We pay ANS their monthly fee, each month, for our T1. The only
relationship between us and them is as a regular customer.
> Do you in fact have some kind of revenue share
> arrangement with them?
No.
> I preferred NOT to rely on that "clout", and instead negotiated a deal,
Why should I care? To use your phrase Karl, I do not give "a tinkers
dam" how you get your connectivity.
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Karl, by now everyone on the list has heard your business
philosophy about 30 times. I am sure that they all have
been enlightened by the experience.
I for one would find CIX commentary more enlightening; the
CIX seems to have its ardent supporters on the list, like
Karl, but some sort of official word from them on this
might be able to persuade me to send in my check...
I want to know what the FUTURE of the CIX is, not the past.
If I send in $10,000, I need to know what I am buying now,
and in the next year. This is going to be an exciting year
in this business; what role is the CIX going to play, what
benefits are they going to bring to ME as a member, in that
year?
Let's hear from someone other than Karl on this, unless
Bill Washburn (you out there BIll?) has elected Karl
official CIX Barker.
Doug
