[11648] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: public funds to help ANS develop VPN Services????
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Hans-Werner Braun)
Tue Apr 12 18:15:44 1994
From: hwb@upeksa.sdsc.edu (Hans-Werner Braun)
To: cook@path.net (Gordon Cook)
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 94 8:55:34 PDT
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: <9404071604.aa03689@pandora.sf.ca.us>; from "Gordon Cook" at Apr 7, 94 4:04 pm
Gordon:
>Why would NSF have paid up to $40,000 for mailbridge connection equipment of a
>mail bridge connection (presumably to NSFnet) at Mitre in McLean VA? NASA
>Ames I understand, but why Mitre?
>
>This was in a memo from eric aupperle to elaine brock april 12 1989.
May I suggest you call Eric Aupperle and ask him why the NSFNET
backbone award was increased here by less than 0.2%? From what I
recall, he has no problems discussing things with professional
journalists. NSF also got alot for these $40k, so may be you will have
a positive story to tell in result?
Hans-Werner
