[2858] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
CIX membership requirement for use of CIX.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bob Sutterfield)
Tue Jun 16 18:04:28 1992
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 92 18:02:47 -0400
From: Bob Sutterfield <bob@MorningStar.Com>
To: com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: jqj@duff.uoregon.edu's message of Tue, 16 Jun 92 14:49:51 MDT <9206162149.AA05536@phloem.uoregon.edu>
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 92 14:49:51 MDT
From: jqj@duff.uoregon.edu
If the NSFnet regional then becomes (for these purposes) a bit
pipe, wouldn't a CIX membership for ANS grant to the end user the
right to pass through the CIX?
Perhaps, but that begs the question of a distinction between ANSnet
and NSFnet. And between ANS-connected networks and NSF-connected
networks.
Is there any difference between the bits that an ANS-connected network
may send across the ANSnet backbone, and the bits that an
NSF-connected network may send across the NSFnet backbone? How about
a difference between the bits that an ANS-connected network may send
across the NSFnet backbone, and the bits that an NSF-connected network
may send across the ANSnet backbone? I've read marketing literature
that claims that ANSnet connectivity opens the door to commercial
traffic. Is there any difference between the backbones? Is ANSnet
really just NSFnet? Or is NSFnet really just ANSnet?
"And what about Naomi?"
