[10797] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Internet vs Minitel : a futuristic view of the network e
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Miles R Fidelman)
Wed Mar 9 22:55:39 1994
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 1994 15:39:51 -0500 (EST)
From: Miles R Fidelman <fidelman@civicnet.org>
To: com priv <com-priv@psi.com>
In-Reply-To: <91940309123819/0003858921NA1EM@mcimail.com>
On Wed, 9 Mar 1994, Robert G. Moskowitz wrote:
> Ah, Transpac = X.25 ???? So is the billing a packet count? Easy to do with
> an X.25 network, very hard to do with our IPv4 network (yes there are ugh
> proposals on the table).
>
Actually, billing is by the connect minute -- you're actually talking to
a terminal server, not directly to the X.25 network. The per minute
charges get pretty steep for the more interesting services.
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