[468] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: How will CIX affect rates?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kent England)
Thu Mar 28 10:00:21 1991
From: kwe@bu-it.bu.edu (Kent England)
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 91 09:59:19 -0500
To: mckenzie@bbn.com, schoff@psi.com
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
The reality is that AlterNet's and PSInet's NSFnet traffic is
also subsidized, just like NEARnet's. All three networks are on an
equal footing in that regard.
That you need an alternate backbone for certain traffic is
another issue, the same issue which faces NEARnet.
It's just that PSInet and NEARnet have a different mix of
traffic.
--Kent
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>
> The reality is that it is indirectly subsidized by giving it a free
> T3 connection to the NSFNet, this is its "long haul" subsidy which
> it does not have to build/maintain/operate.
>
> This subsidy is very substantial factor in networks that are essentially
> MAN's (like NEARNet and BARRNET) vs others which have to cover in some
> appropriate manner long haul "core" bandwidth on their own nickle, this
> is true of regionals like SURANET and definitely true of the national
> mid-levels like ALTERNET, PSINet.
>
> Marty
