[2855] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: CIX membership requirement for use of CIX.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Gong)
Tue Jun 16 13:25:43 1992
To: sommerfeld@apollo.hp.com
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: Your message of Fri, 12 Jun 92 20:27:13 -0400.
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 92 10:19:24 PDT
From: "John Gong" <jgong@us.oracle.com>
> There are some problems with the following definition which Geoff
> Goodfellow proposed:
> Entities which TRANSPORT THIRD PARTY TCP/IP TRAFFIC AND
> RESELL TCP/IP NETWORKING CONNECTIVITY TO OTHER ENTITIES IN SINGLE OR
> MULTIPLE GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS MUST JOIN THE CIX TO GET THEIR THIRD
> PARTY ENTITIES CONNECTIVITY TO OTHER CIX MEMBER NETWORKS.
> Within Hewlett Packard, the corporate wide-area IP network is run by
> one organization which sells wide-area network connectivity (including
> connectivity to the Internet as a whole) to various other entities
> within HP which use the network.
> - Bill Sommerfeld
> (Speaking for myself, not for HP)
Bill,
As a former member of that one organization, I would imagine that this example
is not particularly valid for Geoff's proposed wording. The central organization
in HP does not necessarily resell its network connectivity back to HP's
divisions and wholly owned subsidaries persay-its costs are billed back in
the form of corporate overhead. As this is an entirely self contained function
within a single (relatively) corporate structure, there is no third party
reselling in the context Geoff speaks of. I am pretty sure that organization
explicitly disallows that sort of activity from anywhere within the HP Internet.
Perhaps Geoff's wording could be more precise regarding this topic.
Futhermore, HP is a customer of a CIX affiliate, and all its divisions/
wholly owned subsidiaries enjoy CIX access.
John Gong (also speaking for myself)
