[10463] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: bill to insure flat rate Internet email pricing (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Miles R Fidelman)
Thu Feb 24 09:59:42 1994
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 1994 09:54:59 -0500 (EST)
From: Miles R Fidelman <fidelman@civicnet.org>
To: com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: <199402241105.DAA12056@netcom9.netcom.com>
On Thu, 24 Feb 1994, Glenn S. Tenney wrote:
> I think that this has missed the key point: The public needs to have both
> guaranteed access to the Internet (at a price), and that that access be at
> a flat rate based on the bandwidth of the connection (ie. the size of the
> pipe paid for).
>
> Email is the WRONG basis!!!
>
I agree emphatically. IP wallplugs, like the ones on college/corporate
campuses are what we need - flat rate by size of pipe.
At a bare minimum, we need low-cost access to the copper from telco
central offices to end user sites, on a co-location basis. This would
make it very easy for 3rd parties to set up Internet access services that
approximate campus network services (e.g. locate a 10baseT hub in a CO).
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Information Infrastructure: Public Spaces for the 21st Century
Let's Start With: Internet Wall-Plugs Everywhere
Then We Can Worry About: "Switched, Interactive, Broadband Services"
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