[2157] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
RE: Nonprofits
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (VITA@gmuvax.gmu.edu)
Tue Jan 28 19:47:09 1992
Date: 28 Jan 92 19:38:00 EST
From: VITA@gmuvax.gmu.edu
To: "LAWS" <LAWS@ai.sri.com>
Cc: "com-priv" <com-priv@psi.com>
> If customers are willing and
>able to pay for service, for-profits will typically compete to
>give better and better service. If customers want someone else
>to pay, a nonprofit may be the best solution.
>
>That's terribly over-simplified, of course, but relevant to a
>discussion of operating policies for the national networks.
80% of folks live in countries that need the technologies we are
talking about, but can't have them because they lack funds or
infrastructure. Meantime, the gap between them and us widens . . .
-Rafe-
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