[2619] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: The Emporer's Clothes
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kent W. England)
Mon Mar 23 10:49:56 1992
From: "Kent W. England" <kwe2@BBN.COM>
To: dan@sci.ccny.cuny.edu
Cc: com-priv@psi.com, daveh@csn.org
In-Reply-To: <9203231345.AA20212@sci.sci.ccny.cuny.edu>
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 92 10:47:20 EDT
>Date: Mon, 23 Mar 92 08:45:01 -0500
>From: Dan Schlitt <dan@sci.ccny.cuny.edu>
>To: com-priv@psi.com, daveh@csn.org
>Subject: Re: The Emporer's Clothes
>
>Ahhhhhh. What a fine rant, Dave.
>
I would agree that it is a fine defense of the need for open
communications and personal freedom, but you must remember that the vast
majority of individuals still access the Internet via institutional
networks. These people will still be subject to appropriate use when
they use their institutional networks no matter how the backbones are
provisioned. It's just that the NSF contractors and regional networks
and commercial interconnect providers will be relieved of the burden of
announcing NSF AUP.
--Kent
