[11485] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
What's an ISP again...?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Glenn S. Tenney)
Mon Apr 4 08:09:16 1994
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 1994 00:52:02 -0800
To: com-priv@psi.com
From: tenney@netcom.com (Glenn S. Tenney)
Some discussions here and other lists makes me wonder...
Would these (some may be hypohetical -- you decide) be considered ISPs by
the CIX and therefore (a) "should" join the CIX, and (b) Alternet / PSI
would refuse them a connection because they're an ISP?
(1) VISTA (a non-profit in DC helping developing countries) wants to set up
nets in other countries (they're working on a piece of a shoestring)...
(2) A group in Croatia wants to set up a net throughout their country (I've
spoken to the guy that's doing it)...
(3) The California Office of Emergency Services wants to establish a net
throughout California...
It's clear that for all of these we can agree that $10K is a HUGE
investment. What's not clear is why they should have to be considered an
ISP. Especially in the first two cases, I believe that this whole needing
to be a CIX member actually working AGAINST the Internet spreading into
developing countries?
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Glenn Tenney
tenney@netcom.com Amateur radio: AA6ER
(415) 574-3420 Fax: (415) 574-0546
