[10836] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: "Fed **deal** may speed
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Martin L. Schoffstall)
Fri Mar 11 21:11:33 1994
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 1994 17:10:42 +0000
From: "Martin L. Schoffstall" <marty@psilink.com>
To: "Dan Lynch" <dlynch@interop.com>, "Rick Adams" <rick@uunet.uu.net>
Cc: "com-priv" <com-priv@psi.com>
Dan,
It is an interesting question.
How can anyone answer this question without facts in a dozen areas from price
to performance to security.
But let's start at the baseline - If a service organization had conectivity
to all the places that it needs to communicate through other means, why
connect to a NAP? Seems like the cost/benefit ratio is infinity.
On another baselin issue, the NSF and its contractors have wiretapped
information out of the NSFNet for years, fundamentally ignoring the
complaints of many organizations. I believe that many of the commercial
Internet providers now get much less than 10% of their traffic from/to the
NSFNet.
Assuming the NAPs will not guarantee a NSF/Government no-wiretap interconnect,
do we want to perpetuate the wiretapping that the NSF started long ago for
another generation of Internetworking for that <10% traffic. Or is it time
to take another evolutionary/revolutionary step as was taken in 1990 with
commercial access?
Marty
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> From: "Dan Lynch" <dlynch@interop.com>
> Subject: Re: "Fed **deal** may speed
> To: "Rick Adams" <rick@uunet.uu.net>
> Cc: "com-priv" <com-priv@psi.com>
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> Reply to: RE>>"Fed **deal** may speed
> Rick, Thanks for the clarification on NAPs from th estandpoint of your
> commercial view. Let me try to put words in your mouth that would be
> even more clarifying for end users. Are you saying that there is no
> technical reason (that is, packets would still flow to/from all
> destinations on the Internet) and no financial reason (that is, it does
> not save (or make) you money) for your company to utilize the NAPs?
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> Thanks,
> Dan
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