[11499] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: The whole CIX concept is flawed
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dave Nordlund)
Mon Apr 4 19:19:53 1994
Date: Mon, 04 Apr 1994 12:18:05 +0000
From: Dave Nordlund <NORDLUND@ccstaff.cc.ukans.edu>
To: bmanning@is.rice.edu (William Manning), bzs@world.std.com, bilse@eu.net,
com-priv@psi.com, jlw@cs.columbia.edu
> From: bmanning@is.rice.edu (William Manning)
> Subject: Re: The whole CIX concept is flawed
> To: jlw@cs.columbia.edu (James Waldrop)
> Date sent: Sun, 3 Apr 1994 09:06:21 -0500 (CDT)
> Copies to: bzs@world.std.com, bilse@eu.net, com-priv@psi.com
> James Waldrop
> >
> > Consider a small startup, selling shell accounts to people (or just
> > some sort of internet connectivity). They'd like to offer SLIP, but
> > it means laying out $10K on top of everything else...
> >
>
> This is only true if they join the CIX. This is -NOT- required to provide
> SLIP services. Get a reseller agreement from your local regional.
> (most of them have them now) You can join the CIX, pay your $10k and
> then get the line, or you can join your regional as areseller.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Bill Manning
>
Our Student Newspaper has a section called "News From the Weird". I am
getting the feeling that this thread (and a couple parallel threads)
belong in that section.
Agreed; Al Gore and NSF have the goal to comercialize the "Internet".
Part of that process is the NSF funded NAPs and the Routing Arbitrater.
Since EVERY approved (by NSF) Network Service Provider must connect
to all three of the primary NAPs, I don't need CIX at all! If a
business, government agency or school chooses to use a network supplier
that is not a real NSP, they have a problem. How many of you plan
universal NAP connectivity?
Agreed also; The RA is SUPPOSED to settle all the routing rules for
the NAPs and the connected NSPs.
Doesn't this settle most of the discussion on the referenced
threads? If not, why not?
OK, Maybe NSF and Gore will loose all control over the situation. I
suspect if that happens, the Congress will get involved and we will see
some new laws that will cause all of us pain. Maybe we should quite
fighting among ourselves, figure out how to implement the NSF plan and
keep the Feds as far away from our business as possible.
Dave Nordlund nordlund@ccstaff.cc.ukans.edu
University of Kansas 913/864-0450
Computing Services FAX 913/864-0485
Lawrence, KS 66045
