[1995] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Default Connectivity Suggestion
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lloyd W. Taylor)
Fri Jan 17 07:28:48 1992
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 92 07:23:52 -0500
From: lloyd@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu (Lloyd W. Taylor)
To: com-priv@psi.com
Cc: lloyd@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu
Rather than the current policy of "We won't allow connectivity until
we figure out and implement all the commercial/RE charging issues", wouldn't
a more user-friendly policy of "we'll enable connectivity until we figure
out the issues" be much better?
That way, we can give people the connectivity we need, have a data source
for how much traffic there really might be between CO and RE sites, and defuse
a lot of the bad feelings that have so poisoned this whole process.
Yes, it would 'violate' the NSF policy, but if done as a temporary measure,
it would most likely be acceptable to the powers that be. Who knows,
it might even speed up the resolution of the matter.
-- Lloyd Taylor
Johns Hopkins University
