[1697] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: An Open Letter from the Frontier
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (the terminal of Geoff Goodfellow)
Wed Dec 11 11:28:53 1991
To: Mitch Kapor <mkapor@eff.org>, Dave Farber <farber@central.cis.upenn.edu>
Cc: members@farnet.org, regional-techs@merit.edu, com-priv@psi.com,
In-Reply-To: Your message of Wed, 11 Dec 91 10:57:06 -0500.
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 91 08:28:25 MST
From: the terminal of Geoff Goodfellow <geoff@fernwood.mpk.ca.us>
Dave and Mitch:
Your letter to the community is right on the mark and very
well stated. It would be ideal if we could ameliorate the current
situation with everyone able to save face and come out a winner.
To this end, i'll reassert a suggestion I made back in June(?) of
this year. The *most* positive step that could be taken by ANS would be
for ANS to join the Commercial Internet eXchange as soon as possible.
Many of my concerns would evaporate by ANS joining the CIX. It
would also serve as a true litmus test of ANS's (and NSF's) intentions for
a "level playing field" in this nascent industry.
Geoff Goodfellow
Anterior Technology/RadioMail
