[1880] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: The NREN and Regulation
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Stan Barber)
Sun Jan 5 21:11:07 1992
From: sob@tmc.edu (Stan Barber)
Date: Sun, 5 Jan 1992 20:10:25 CST
To: cook@tmn.com (Gordon Cook), com-priv@psi.com
It is my belief that some states are already taking on the role of supplying
at least some baseline networking in support of research and education
missions. With this infrastructure in place, the education community (and
perhaps government) will have access regardless of the role of commercial
providers. Of course, this all gets cloudy when commercial groups and
educational groups want to collaborate, but with the history of the Internet
I don't think this is a major problem.
How the FCC or the state regulatory commissions are involved is very much
an open issue, but if a state and/or nationwide infrastruture created by
government for education already exists, then the FCC and the regulatory
agencies would only be left (I would guess) with regulating the
commercial business. Perhaps market driven regulation would be best here.
Then again, maybe not. I am no tariff pundit.
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