[11478] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: The whole CIX concept is flawed
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Karl Denninger)
Mon Apr 4 03:42:26 1994
From: karl@mcs.com (Karl Denninger)
To: gwh@crl.com (George Herbert)
Date: Sun, 3 Apr 1994 22:51:20 -0500 (CDT)
Cc: bzs@world.std.com, jlw@cs.columbia.edu, bilse@eu.net, com-priv@psi.com,
gwh@crl.com
In-Reply-To: <199404030749.AA17676@crl.crl.com> from "George Herbert" at Apr 2, 94 11:49:46 pm
>
> 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
I don't know of any ISP would would actually block traffic to some kind of
small hobbiest consortium.. Perhaps there is one, but it ain't me.
On the other hand, if one of those ten wants to SELL slip, then perhaps.
But that's a bizness, and not a hobby or a cost sharing measure.
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