[11722] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
The unwashed masses invade the Internet
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bill Frezza (via RadioMail))
Fri Apr 15 14:28:26 1994
Date: Fri, 15 Apr 1994 07:10:22 PDT
From: Bill Frezza (via RadioMail) <frezza@radiomail.net>
Cc: stahlman@radiomail.net, dbuck@world.std.com, stevec@aol.com,
opfer@radiomail.net, gbolles@radiomail.net, ggilder@mcimail.com,
spiff@radiomail.net, fnelson@radiomail.net, jswatz@well.sf.ca.us,
kgs@panix.com, rothman@netcom.com, brodsky@radiomail.net
To: com-priv@psi.com, farber@central.cis.upenn.edu, gnu@toad.com,
barlow@eff.org, interesting-people@eff.org
Well, so much for the vaunted egalitarian desire to
open up the Information Superhighway to The People. Good Lord, can you
imagine letting anyone on the net whose only credentials are that they can
come up with $9.95 per month!
I guess it's easy to be a champion for
the underprivileged - until they
move into your neighborhood.
This calls for an immediate congressional inquiry!
Bill Frezza
frezza@radiomail.net
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DECISIONLINE/Telecommunications
USA TODAY Update
April 14, 1994
Source: USA TODAY/Gannett National Information Network
INTERNET UNHAPPY WITH NEWCOMERS:
Some veterans of Internet say they're fed up with the
boorishness of newcomers from America Online. The fast-growing
on-line service began offering wider Internet access to its
700,000 members Feb. 28, opening the gates to hordes of novices.
They have upset the staid Internet culture, established by its
original users: Scientists, engineers and computer experts.
AMERICA ONLINE FACES BAN:
Some Internet members say newcomers from American Online are
posting Internet notes without learning the unwritten rules. There
have been threats by operators of some Internet sites to ban
access by anyone from America Online, which is obvious by their
e-mail address. There are rumors of programmers using electronic
trickery to flood offenders with "junk" e-mail.
