[2113] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Costs?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brian Lloyd)
Mon Jan 27 14:07:21 1992
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 92 11:01:43 PST
From: brian@lloyd.com (Brian Lloyd)
To: jhaverty@us.oracle.com
Cc: daveh@csn.org, com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: Jack Haverty's message of Mon, 27 Jan 92 09:12:24 PST <9201271712.AA14091@rivendell.us.oracle.com>
Reply-To: brian@lloyd.com
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 92 09:12:24 PST
From: Jack Haverty <jhaverty@us.oracle.com>
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
Good point. That would allow better centralized control. The current
state-of-the-art in dial-up routers is none too stable at the moment
and putting them where a human could babysit would be a big win.
Brian Lloyd, WB6RQN Lloyd & Associates
Principal and Network Architect 3420 Sudbury Road
brian@lloyd.com Cameron Park, CA 95682
voice (916) 676-1147 -or- (415) 725-1392
