[1346] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Questions: ANS Plan for Commercial Services
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ittai Hershman)
Mon Sep 16 15:40:02 1991
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 91 15:38:29 EDT
From: Ittai Hershman <ittai@shemesh.ans.net>
To: randy@psg.com (Randy Bush)
Cc: com-priv@psi.com (com-priv list)
In-Reply-To: Your message of Mon, 16 Sep 91 11:38:53 PDT
Randy,
A few points:
The answers regarding CIX/ANS connectivity from Bill Schrader of PSI
and me for ANS, was: we're committed to inter-connectivity, we're
studying each others proposal's.
It takes effort to sort this all out, because there are a lot of
issues, a lot of ideas, political realities, and steep learning
curves. No one said privatizing and commercializing the Internet was
easy. It's not, and we're all learning. Some of us will succeed,
some will fail, everyone will have to learn to be flexible. I'm sorry
I have no easy answers for you. Then again, I'm not in marketing :-)
You might look at John Quarterman's Matrix News. The August issue has
a 6 page article called "Which Network, and Why it Matters" by jsq
himself.
The FARnet workshop and meeting was covered by several people on this
list, including Robert Weber of Northeast Consulting Resources who was
the meeting facilitator.
The note of mine to which no one but Marty responded, was the note
outlining ANS's technical and strategic concerns regarding the CIX. I
sent that because I thought that some of you who are so vociferous in
saying we should inter-connect, may have some constructive ideas which
would make it happen. They are some non-trivial issues. There was a
disappointing silence.
Finally, I passed your name to the marketing folks. This is the first
I've heard that no one followed up. We obviously screwed up. I will
make sure it is followed through, and I apologize.
-Ittai
