[1199] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Network World "The Vision of a national research net needs rethinking"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Edward Vielmetti)
Wed Aug 21 18:18:51 1991
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Date: Wed, 21 Aug 91 18:17:27 -0400
From: Edward Vielmetti <emv@ox.com>
>From Network World, August 19, 1991, p.33. Author is James Kobielus,
from Network Management, Inc., Fairfax, VA. These are excerpts only to
give you a feel for the entire article; contact Network World, at
+1 508 875 6400 or MCI Mail 390-4868 for more information on subscriptions
or for reprints of the editorial. (Hoping that this will free up the
full text....)
"...NREN is more of a political field of dreams than a technological
blueprint. The most popular proposal is to implement NREN as an upgrade
to the [NSFNET]. But if implemented only as a souped-up NSFNET, NREN
will do little for U.S. global competetiveness because it would exclude
the majority of the private sector."
"A government-operated broadband national network would be a competetive
white elephant and a drain on the national treasury in a marketplace that
would certainly include more nimble, efficient commercial carriers."
"The biggest obstacle to a broadband America is the paucity of fiber in the
local loop, which is partly the result of the Modified Final Judgment line
of business restrictions on the regional Bell holding companies."
--Ed
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Edward Vielmetti, vice president for research, MSEN Inc. emv@msen.com
MSEN, Inc. 628 Brooks Ann Arbor MI 48103 +1 313 741 1120
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