[11457] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: The whole CIX concept is flawed
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (George Herbert)
Sun Apr 3 07:16:35 1994
To: bzs@world.std.com (Barry Shein)
Cc: jlw@cs.columbia.edu, bilse@eu.net, com-priv@psi.com, gwh@crl.com
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 02 Apr 1994 19:57:02 EST."
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Date: Sat, 02 Apr 1994 23:49:46 -0800
From: George Herbert <gwh@crl.com>
400 users is on the large side for the people who make a difference.
400 shell users makes it onto the top 15 or 20 lists for shell providers.
The situation is wholy different if, say, all ten people who want SLIP
in say, pick a random city, umm... Elko, Nevada decide they want to get
a line together, and a K a year each for CIX costs begins to hurt...
-george william herbert
gwh@crl.com Speaking only for myself