[1669] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: international links
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (matsb@sics.se)
Tue Dec 10 05:08:25 1991
To: Craig Partridge <craig@aland.bbn.com>
Cc: Martin Schoffstall <schoff@mail.psi.net>, com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: Your message of Mon, 09 Dec 91 09:18:12 -0800.
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 91 11:07:09 +0100
From: matsb@sics.se
Craig,
I haven't read Marty:s comment yet, but to me it may well have impact.
Our new US connection was supposed to use "best route" into eighter
"NSFnet", or trough the "CIX", the question is which route is possible
to take at all now. Will this imply that the CIX members are not
allowed routing trough NSFnet to the MID-levels? If this is the case,
there has to be at least two separate "systems" down to mid-level and
even to individual organisations, one for the R&D fed supported
traffic, one to/FROM non-fed supported organisations (or abroad...)
So, the hard point is will "all" sign up to accepting traffic from
"everywhere" ort not? Lets hope so...
--mats
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Marty:
Your note confused me -- which international links are you talking
about? Funding for links between the US and non-US countries varies
from joint funding from multiple agencies, to partial govt. funding,
to links funded entirely by the non-US entity. [This leaves aside
all those international links which connect two non-US countries].
And what exactly do you see the potential impact of the ANS announ
cement to be upon links between the US and non-US countries.
Craig
PS: Pardon the awkward term "non-US" -- I'm just tired of using the
term "foreign" to mean any country other than the US.