[222] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Bill S.'s paper
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Martin Lee Schoffstall)
Wed Feb 27 15:42:08 1991
To: "Erik E. Fair" (Your Friendly Postmaster) <fair@apple.com>
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 27 Feb 91 12:20:18 PST."
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 91 15:23:02 -0500
From: "Martin Lee Schoffstall" <schoff@psi.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 91 14:06:20 -0500
From: "Martin Lee Schoffstall" <schoff@psi.com>
Well, that wasn't what we focused on. However, the concept of
mandating fixed fees or rejecting use fees in the NREN would be
ideal for the users but would rule out SMDS provider/tarrifs etc.
Only if the SMDS providers are foolish enough to charge by the packet
instead of by the pipe width into their network. That issue is still
not settled with them - we are involved in an SMDS trial with Pac*Bell,
and they claim not to have made that decision yet.
Each RBOC will make their own choices; however, the majority of them
appear to be going for usage. "just like a telephone" if I have
my quote correct.
marty
