[2794] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Call to arms: Lift All AUP!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeff Bone)
Wed Jun 3 19:18:14 1992
From: jbone@splat.dell.com (Jeff Bone)
To: com-priv@psi.com
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 92 18:13:41 CDT
In-Reply-To: <aTTTLB4w165w@remote.halcyon.com>; from "Ralph Sims" at Jun 3, 92 9:18 pm
Reading the recent debate and arguing about it with various of the
participants had solidified my thoughts on the matter of commercial-
ization and privatization. Here it is, IMHO, the solution to all
our problems:
Lift all AUP, internetwork-wide. Recompete the back-
bone, with multiple awardees. Encourage but do not
force network providers to establish a common, "pipe
capacity" pricing structure which does not discriminate
between CO and RE traffic. Allow the competition and
demand to influence future direction, growth, and
policy. Trust the marketplace to evolve to meet the
needs of the user community.
That's it, really. Glad I could help. ;)
jb
