[11299] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Options (was Re: What is an "Internet reseller"?)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Karl Denninger)
Mon Mar 28 15:51:49 1994
From: karl@mcs.com (Karl Denninger)
To: poole@magnolia.eunet.ch (Simon Poole)
Date: Sun, 27 Mar 1994 23:53:30 -0600 (CST)
Cc: stpeters@dawn.crd.ge.com, karl@mcs.com, com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: <199403280552.HAA04449@chsun.eunet.ch> from "Simon Poole" at Mar 28, 94 07:50:59 am
>
> >
> > There are only two possible states: 1) every provider is selling
> > guaranteed connectivity to every Internet customer, or 2) no provider
> > is selling guaranteed connectivity to every Internet customer.
> >
> > If the private sector can only come up with #2, we will wind up with
> > regulated utilities providing #1
> >
>
> As you suspect currently -everybody- is selling #2. However I don't know
> of any comparable case of #1 even in the case of the current phone system.
>
> Just an example: I assume GE purchases X.400 connectivity from an X.400
> ADMD (probably GEIS), do they guarantee connectivity to every X.400 ADMD
> in the world? I'm sure they don't (since I know at least half a dozen
> ADMD's that don't have connections to GEIS/MARK400).
>
> Simon
There is no such thing as "1", especially when you cross national
boundaries.
There are places I still cannot call with my voice telephone, although they
do have a phone system in the target area. China comes to mind, and there
are others I am sure. Until recently it was next to impossible to call
into the USSR.
True "Universal" connectivity cannot be achieved as long as there are
political boundaries in the way, regulation or no.
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