[11622] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: significant NSF policy made at FNC meeting? (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (tjs@maroon.tc.umn.edu)
Mon Apr 11 22:13:09 1994
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 94 13:43:28 -0500
From: tjs@maroon.tc.umn.edu
To: cook@path.net
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
> From: cook@path.net (Gordon Cook)
> Subject: Re: significant NSF policy made at FNC meeting? (fwd)
> Date: Mon, 11 Apr 1994 04:24:16 GMT
>
> Let me say it again....as clearly as possible...what I heard was
> that Steve announced that even an NSP which wanted the 4 years of
> declining funding would not now have to connect to all four NAPs.
>
> If this is accurate information, I wonder how Steve can change the
> rules of the competition after the competition is over. I know
> that there's lots of wiggle room in a coop agreement. I'll be
> darned interested to see how GAO interprets things this week.
As clearly pointed out in the solicitation, an NSP funded through the
regional networks portion of the solicitation is required to connect
to three, not four, NAPs.
So, did Steve say that NSPs did not have to connect to four NAPs because
the solicitation says they have to connect to only three?
-tjs
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Title : NSF 93-52 - NETWORK ACCESS POINT MANAGER, ROUTING ARBITER, REGIONAL
NETWORK PROVIDERS, AND VERY HIGH SPEED BACKBONE NETWORK SERVICES
PROVIDER FOR NSFNET AND THE NREN(SM) PROGRAM
Type : Program Guideline
NSF Org: NCRI
Date : May 6, 1993
[...]
A. Network Access Points
[...]
Priority and desirable NAP locations are specified below. ...
[...]
Priority NAP locations
o California
o Chicago
o New York City
Desirable NAP locations
o Atlanta
o Boston
o Denver
o Texas
o Washington, D.C.
[...]
F. Other Architectural and Policy Considerations
[...]
To qualify for NSF support for NSP attachment and/or for the
provision of interNAP connectivity, a regional network must attach
to an NSP that connects all NSF-specified priority NAPs.
[...]
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UofM Alumni Account - Any coincidence with official policy is mere coincidence.
