[10491] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Chronicle of higher ed & the New Math of NSFnet
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Gordon Cook)
Fri Feb 25 11:28:28 1994
From: cook@path.net (Gordon Cook)
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 1994 05:34:22 GMT
To: com-priv@psi.com
>From EDUPAGE:
NEW NSFNET ARRANGEMENT. The National Science Foundation announced last week
agreements with several entities that will allow the federal government to
scale back its role in NSFNet support and management. Under the new
arrangement, Merit Network Inc. will retain some of its management
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responsibilities, including running an operations center that monitors
network routing activities. The University of Southern California's
Information Sciences Institute and IBM will receive $9.2 million over five
years to develop routing techniques and equipment for the Internet, and MCI
will receive up to $50 million for the new, high-speed NSFNet network.
(Chronicle of Higher Education 2/23/94 A23)]
LORD! The Chronicle of Higher Education *STILL* doesn't get it! Apparently
they still are a shill for the NSF is getting out of the NSFnet business.
(Scale back. support..... Got that people? Uh Huh!)
Well lets see current support is roughly $12.5 million a year.
Starting April 30, we go to $15 million for MERIT for the next year
PLUS over $2 million for Merits new contract, plus $10 million for MCI, PLUS
almost two million for ICI, and there are two programs that haven't been
announced that will add at least another 5 million.
Lesee: 15
10
2
2
5
Gosh NSF spending on "NSFnet" goes from 12 million this year to 34 million next
because NSF is scaling back support for NSF net.
Gee is this the new math?
