[2108] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Costs?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jack Haverty)
Mon Jan 27 12:14:20 1992
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 92 09:12:24 PST
From: Jack Haverty <jhaverty@us.oracle.com>
To: brian@lloyd.com
Cc: daveh@csn.org, com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: Brian Lloyd's message of Sun, 26 Jan 92 22:06:04 PST <9201270606.AA13803@ray.lloyd.com>
"...we need basic connectivity more than we need gigabit networks. Perhaps it
would make sense for some of the NREN money to go toward reducing the costs to
the schools by providing funds to locate dial-up points-of-presence (POPs) near
concentrations of primary and secondary students so that we can reduce or
eliminate the long-distance charges...."
I tend to agree with the need for basic (mail, file-transfer) connectivity. It
would also make sense to investigate a "Tariff 12" or non-ATT equivalent for
dial-up, where perhaps a single 800 number could be used to access the closest
existing POP from any dial service. The phone companies are eager to provide
these kinds of services and the pricing is very competitive among the carriers.
It would be interesting to see the costs of something like an 800 service
compared with the costs of installing and operating what is probably quite a
number of IP dial-up POPs to get close to eliminating long-distance charges.
Jack
