[1406] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: New Advanced Networking Player - US West
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kent W. England)
Thu Sep 26 09:34:36 1991
From: "Kent W. England" <kwe2@BBN.COM>
To: tmn!cook@uunet.uu.net
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: <9109260045.AA15328@tmn.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 91 09:31:32 EDT
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> US West announced the formation of Advanced Communications Services as a
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> new business unit with $300 million funding over the next five years to
> focus on corporate LAN to LAN interconnects using frame relay and SMDS to
> carry TCP/IP.
>
How derivative. I hope their service is better than their name. :-)
But I give US West credit for attempting to take FR/SMDS up a level into
internetworking. And I wish them good luck in making it work. But the
R in RBOC begs a big question for the success of a service like this.
--Kent
