[1905] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Understanding Combits
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bill Gunshannon)
Tue Jan 7 15:21:46 1992
From: Bill Gunshannon <bill@tuatara.uofs.edu>
To: com-priv@psi.com
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 92 15:19:01 EST
Reply-To: bill@platypus.uofs.edu
In-Reply-To: <9201071921.AA23425@world.std.com>; from "Barry Shein" at Jan 7, 92 2:21 pm
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> Asking if residences are for-profit is interesting, but it's actually
> much wierder and more uncharted than this conversation would belie.
>
> Where is the split where the end-user's status is the issue and the
> provider's status is the issue?
>
Or, how about this little potential real-world example:
My daughter needs info for a school term paper. She connects to DIALOG
or some other Commercial Online Encyclopedia and starts extracting information.
Is it commercial or not?? Is it education?? After all, my daughter is
only in 8th grade. If this is commercial and would be billed as such, there
goes any concept of residential connection right out the window.
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