[893] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
internet consumer reports on state-wide IP networks
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Edward Vielmetti)
Wed Jul 3 02:38:29 1991
To: com-priv@uu.psi.com
Date: Wed, 03 Jul 91 02:37:15 EDT
From: Edward Vielmetti <emv@ox.com>
I'm doing research on state-wide IP networks; I'm looking for things
like maps, acceptable use policies, rates, policy toward commercial use,
policies on third party traffic (so-called "back door" connections),
trouble reporting systems, link usage reporting systems, etc which
indicate the maturity and quality of a state network.
The goal is to come up with Consumer Reports type ratings that would
allow the small high-tech business that's considering relocation to
determine where the best places to go are. Ideally you could rate
the 50 states first to last, with little circles on each of the lines
that go from Excellent to Not Acceptable, and work from there.
Note that the prototypical small high-tech business is not all that
interested in T3 networks; the benchmark is more like a 56kb/sec or
even a 9.6/19.2kb/sec leased line or a switched service of equal
quality and relative price. Published rates are a plus. One metric
for quality is the time between you decide to get a network connection
and the time the bits start to fly; documented delays and uncertainty
are a minus.
Policies which restrict commercial traffic are a minus. I've seen
clauses which explicitly OK "economic development", that's good.
Pointers to FTP sites welcomed, that's better than just shoving text
at me; this is going to be a relatively long project for me (at least
a month's worth of work, it looks like) so if you have experience
or expertise or can rate a state network let me know.
--Ed
emv@msen.com
