[10145] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Not even for transit to the CIX?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Karl Denninger)
Tue Feb 8 22:19:46 1994
From: karl@mcs.com (Karl Denninger)
To: doug@lm.net (Doug Luce)
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 1994 20:58:51 -0600 (CST)
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: <Pine.3.07.9402081905.X230-a100000@epicycle.lm.com> from "Doug Luce" at Feb 8, 94 07:15:05 pm
> When inquiring about PSI's dedicated IP services, I was told that PSI
> would not sell to Telerama. The sales representative explained that
> Telerama represents competition. Upon pressing further, and mentioning
> PSI's other competitors, I was treated with a rant that began "but they
> don't own their own backbone...and one day we will expand our
> services...we're running cable in beta throughout Cambridge...oh, we're
> not...you're sure...but the press release...the...oh...rosebud...rosebud...."
>
> (Note that I did not speak a word throughout the above quoted monologue.)
Talk to Sprint. Not only do they ALSO have their own backbone, but they
act like a phone company with it.
Unlike other players you have come into contact with.
A "traceroute" on mcs.com should confirm this statement.
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