[10744] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Settlements
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Miles R Fidelman)
Mon Mar 7 17:59:21 1994
Date: Mon, 7 Mar 1994 10:54:15 -0500 (EST)
From: Miles R Fidelman <fidelman@civicnet.org>
To: com-priv <com-priv@psi.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.3.89.9403062302.A23241-0100000@ss1.digex.net>
An observation re. settlements, and about flat rates:
Anybody want to venture an opinion about why X.25/X.75 is not used very
much, while the Internet continues to grow? Seems to me that per-packet
charges, which tend to go along with settlement models, are a
show-stopper for many (most) potential network users.
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