[1646] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Commercial traffic
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Martin Schoffstall)
Sun Dec 8 23:26:20 1991
In-Reply-To: <9112090357.AA07512@viipuri.nersc.gov>
Date: Sun, 08 Dec 91 23:25:06 -0400
To: "Ari Ollikainen" <ari@viipuri.nersc.gov>
Cc: Ellen.Hoffman@um.cc.umich.edu, com-priv@psi.com
From: "Martin Schoffstall" <schoff@mail.psi.net>
Reply-To: schoff@psi.com
Also, I'd like to hear what the story is on the international links
funded by the USGovernment.
Per my last posting, if they are not given unlimited access then they
will probably be given exclusively to ANS to commercialize.
Marty
>DATE: Sun, 8 Dec 91 19:57:00 PST
>FROM: Ari Ollikainen <ari@viipuri.nersc.gov>
>
>Does this mean that federally funded, mission oriented networks such as ESnet,
>and NSInet, MUST execute an ANS Connectivity Agreement for traffic sourced
>or sunk at "commercial" sites? Does it mean that traffic originating on ESnet
>and NSInet won't be routed throuh ANS facilities to commercial organaizations
>attached thereto? Or does this policy attemt to protect us (ESnet, NSI, and
>others from transiting commercial traffic? Is that what the following means?
>
>"ANS commercial traffic will be restricted from interchange
> with federally sponsored networks which have not signed an ANS
> connectivity agreement or developed an alternative plan with
> ANS that will meet their requirements."
>
>------
>Ari Ollikainen
>Networking Technology Consultant
>Energy Sciences Network
>(and a more than interested bystander)
