[2717] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Perot & frustrations
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bill Gunshannon)
Mon Apr 27 18:18:56 1992
From: Bill Gunshannon <bill@tuatara.uofs.edu>
To: steve@cise.cise.nsf.gov (Stephen Wolff)
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 92 17:56:35 EDT
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: <9204271947.AA29059@ncri>; from "Stephen Wolff" at Apr 27, 92 3:47 pm
>
> -> since if i remember correctly the nsf just paid for half the cost of a
> -> direct link for czechoslovakia to the internet,
>
> Fascinating; can you tell us more? It wasn't the Networking Division of NSF.
>
I too found it fascinating at the time. If it in fact wasn't true, where
did the story originate and why didn't the NSF discount it in the first place?
I was extremely displeased with the idea that tax money was
subsidizing foreign networking while I have to scratch and
claw to get even recognition for our need to connect K-12
schools in this country, much less to acquire funding.
I had thought it was right here on COM-PRIV that the announcement was made,
can anyone verify this??
bill
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