[12720] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
EFF Rejoinder
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (grosky@bez.cs.wayne.edu)
Fri May 27 02:44:16 1994
Date: Thu, 26 May 94 13:18:44 EDT
From: grosky@bez.cs.wayne.edu
To: com-priv@psi.com
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> In the end, I doubt that Frezza or Stahlman want to live in a
> totally deregulated communications environment. Frezza relies on
> orderliness in the airwaves so that messages he sends out via RadioMail
> arrive without interference from other services. Federal regulation
> maintains this order. Stahlman has nationwide access to MCI Mail because
> of a ubiquitous, affordable telephone network, another result of government
> regulation.
There it is, the assumption that lack of government regulation means total
chaos in the market. Statist to the core. As well as pompous.
Bill Grosky
Computer Science Department
Wayne State University
Detroit, Michigan 48202
