[534] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: ANS Acceptable Use Policy
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (stev knowles)
Fri Apr 5 03:52:48 1991
Date: Wed, 3 Apr 91 17:37:30 -0500
To: Stephen Wolff <steve@cise.nsf.gov>
From: stev@ftp.com (stev knowles)
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
Nope. If you contract with ANS for access to **ANSNET**, you're bound by
their rules. If you get BB services via NSF, the NSF rules apply; it
doesn't matter that ANS is buried down there as a subcontractor - in that
role they don't call the shots, we do. Furthermore, if you get PSINet to
carry your traffic, their rules (if any) apply. Or if you can convince DoE
your traffic is worthy of ESNET's carriage, you have to play by their
rules. And so on.
-s
for a moment, pretend we arent on this mailing list, where the people
seem to be doing things to each other that they would have the social
skills not to do face to face (with the possible exception of me, who
has no social skills, but we will forgive that for a moment.) assume
we are sitting in a nice restaurant somewhere, after splitting the
bill, since we dont want any problems with my buying dinner for a
goverment employee:). given the above statement:
(sip of water:) so, does this imply that ANSnet and the NFSnet are
different things? i was under the impression from the ANS people that
they are going to be allowing commercial <-> commercial traffic over
the ANSnet. but they also imply that the ANSnet backbone is the same
T3 network as the NSFnet backbone.
i also was under the impression that there were tax implications in a
not-for-profit entity engaging in competition with commercial
enterprises except in carefully outlined situations (like MITRE, who
can only contract to public agencies, at least this was true when i
worked there, many moons ago.)
(glance around restaurant to check out the people at the other tables)
(wait politely for a reply)
stev
