[8270] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Follow-up ON DIGEX, ANS & CIX
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Russell Nelson)
Fri Nov 12 15:06:09 1993
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1993 14:28:05 EST
From: "Russell Nelson" <nelson@crynwr.com>
To: "Miles R Fidelman" <fidelman@civicnet.org>
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
On Fri, 12 Nov 1993 12:16:22 -0500 (EST), "Miles R Fidelman" <fidelman@civicnet.org> wrote:
> Will there be any basic ground rules imposed on inter-NAP carriers and/or
> on NAP-to-end user carriers -- akin to the ground rules the FCC imposes
> on telcos (e.g. common carriage, same price to all comers, etc.)?
Quakers came to America to do good, and they did very well indeed.
They instituted standardized and honest pricing. Customers could
send a child to purchase goods at a Quaker's store. People would come
into a town and ask who the Quaker merchants were.
Now, explain again to me why we need to regulate Internet prices?
> Also, are there any plans for putting in place a duly legislated and
> authorized regulatory authority to manage the playing field, or to bring
> the FCC into the act?
Actually, I'm 100% FOR laws and rules and regulation and equal access
and all that, because I live in a rural area, and I'd love to have my
Internet access subsidized by people not as fortunate as I. Isn't
that what laws are for?
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