[12201] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: "Arizona Lawyers Form Company..."
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rob Raisch, The Internet Company)
Mon May 9 11:05:58 1994
Date: Mon, 9 May 1994 06:27:46 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Rob Raisch, The Internet Company" <raisch@internet.com>
To: "Glenn S. Tenney" <tenney@netcom.com>
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: <199405090018.RAA01113@netcom.com>
Glenn, every CIX member has an AUP which dictates what traffic they will
or will not carry. NEARnet, for their members at least, will refuse to
carry you if you mail unsolicited adverts. Can it be far in the future
where that becomes inward as well as outward?
As far as a common carrier goes, even they must be able to run machines
on the network, no?
-- </rr> Rob Raisch, The Internet Company
On Sun, 8 May 1994, Glenn S. Tenney wrote:
> Or, what if they went to a "phone company" such as Sprint, who is
> experienced at being a common carrier? A common carrier can't stop their
> customers from doing much of anything as long as it's legal...
>
> Ah, but if they decided it was worth $10K, they could join the CIX and
> voila, there would be nothing anyone could do... No other CIX member
> could, by the terms of their own agreement, refuse to carry C&S' packets.
>
> I would also imagine that once their machine is up on the net that their
> machine(s) will be a primary candidate for all of those people around the
> world who try to breach system security...
