[504] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: CIX Implications
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (stev knowles)
Mon Apr 1 17:39:38 1991
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 91 17:16:56 -0500
To: kwe@bu-it.bu.edu (Kent England)
From: stev@ftp.com (stev knowles)
Cc: com-priv@psi.com, oleary@sura.net
The CIX is not the answer to the problem of how one net sends
and receives both restricted and unrestricted traffic over multiple
backbones. That problem still remains unaddressed by currently
deployed technology.
--Kent
no, *sigh*, it doesnt. personally, i consider the announcement a
great thing, although there are some questions that come to mind:
1) will this result in Alternet not going into places that PSI
already has a POP?
2) will it result in a "airline" style pricing structure?
3) will they endevor to connect to the public regionals?
4) will a customer from the west coast be able to enter the CIX from the
west coast thru CERFnet, to talk to a PSI east coast customer?
i am very pleased to see this happen. i have been pounding on marty
for a long time to get the commercial regionals connected.while i see
various problems in the system, hopefully this is the begining of a
newer, better world. since i pointed out some concerns, i suppose i
should point out some "wins":
1) flat pricing structure. if these boyz keep this up, and the TELCO
folks bring out SMDS/Frame Relay/ISDN at usage sensitive cost, i think
the TELCO boyz will get few customers.
2) a private internet. no "usage restrictions". do the CIX partners
have a combined usage policy? or is it (hopefully) something like
"what concenting parties do is their business"?
3) (hopefully) real competition in the commercial internet provider segment.
so, i suppose this is a great start. how far was it carried out? any
real information about the routing policy from the folks concerned?
marketing stuff from John Eldridge is nice to read in Byte, but i would like
more here.
thanx
