[136] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: A Dumb Question?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (stev@ftp.com)
Mon Nov 12 16:58:56 1990
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 90 16:45:57 -0500
To: merlin@pony.cis.smu.edu (David Hayes)
From: stev@ftp.com
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
as i see it, the big problem with the current regionals just interconnecting
are as follows:
1) they would lose their tax exempt status, since they would be commercial
providers (probably the biggest reason)
2) they dont have to worry about complicated routing, and trying to
determine what is R&E and what isnt (packets between two organizations isnt
good enough, to be technical. if i do business with MIT, my packets hsouldnt
use the R&E network for the business portion of the traffic)
3) there is the cannonical "payback" problem. do i want my regional to be
used as a transport for two other regionals? the problem tends to be that
any well connected regional attracts more traffic than others, and costs
more to operate (since they have to have "bigger pipes").
there is also people who feel that they dont want to get involved, since
there are already 2 "big" players here, and it is not clear the market can
support (or wants) more.
stev knowles
stev@ftp.com
