[2275] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Connecting to the Internet outside of the US?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Glenn Kowack)
Tue Feb 4 16:01:25 1992
Date: Tue, 4 Feb 1992 21:35:21 +0100
From: glenn@mcsun.EU.net (Glenn Kowack)
To: com-priv@psi.com, jhaverty@us.oracle.com
|From: Jack Haverty <jhaverty@us.oracle.com>
|To: com-priv@psi.com
|Subject: Connecting to the Internet outside of the US?
|
|At Oracle, we're getting queries from some of our contacts *outside of the US*
|who are (somehow) connected to the Internet, at least for mail, about the
|feasibility of communicating with them via The Internet. Places like Poland for
|example. Basically lots of places in Europe/Asia, Australia/New Zealand, South
|America, and/or Africa might be in this situation.
I'm always amazed to discover how few people are aware of the
tremendous amount of networking activity (and growth of same)
outside of the US.
A lot of the people you are hearing about are likely users of
the major European R&D networks, including HEPnet, EARN, EUnet, NORDnet,
and the "regional" (actually national) R & D nets. There are also
purely commercial providers appearing.
|The question...
|Can anyone describe what the issues, if any, are for interconnecting between a
|commercial company and the Internet *outside of the US* ?? E.G., could we
|establish a connection between, say, our Switzerland office and some network in
|Europe which is a component of the Internet, and use that connection to
|communicate (possibly for commercial purposes) with other Internet-accessible
|organizations in Europe?
|Do organizations who connect to the Internet outside of the US deal with
|something similar to "acceptable use" policies? What are they?
|
|Does anyone currently do this kind of thing? Does anyone who manages some
|network outside of the US offer this kind of service? Is anyone
|"commercializing the Internet" in various parts of the world a la ANS, PSI,
|AlterNet, InfoNet, Sprint, et al?
|
|Jack
The issues in Europe, at least, are remarkably similar to those
within the US: large, government-supported research/academic/educational
networks and a variety of commercial and quasi-commercial networks,
many of which are on the Internet. And, the same questions regarding
private use of publicly-subsidized resources apply. Many of the
nets in Europe have acceptable-user policies, and most of those
are near-descendents of the NSF AUP.
When in doubt, it is probably fair to assume that the same general
principles apply. w/r/t your question about, e.g., a connection
in Switzerland, you can establish a connection there, you can
get to the Internet in Europe and the US and the rest of the world.
EUnet today provides Internet access to approximately 100 sites
across most of Western Europe, with expectations of significant
growth over near and long-term. Our AUP is, as to be expected,
derived from the NSF policy.
regards,
Glenn Kowack
Chief Executive, EUnet
