[9112] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: NSF Backbone Extension
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Stephen Wolff)
Fri Dec 17 18:47:58 1993
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1993 18:42:09 -0600 (EST)
From: Stephen Wolff <steve@mon.cise.nsf.gov>
Reply-To: Stephen Wolff <steve@mon.cise.nsf.gov>
To: Updegraff <Updegraff@mac.ripon.edu>
Cc: com-priv <com-priv@psi.com>
In-Reply-To: <9312171633.AA04891@psi.com>
> NSF EXTENDS NETWORK CONTRACT. NSF has extended a contract withMerit Inc. for
> managing the NSFNET backbone. The extension, worth as much as $15 million,
> gives NSF until April 1995 to implement its plan for reducing government
> support of the network. (Chronicle of Higher Education 12/8/93 A17)
The Chronicle is misinformed. At its November meeting, the National
Science Board authorized extending the Merit award for the purpose of
making an orderly transition from the current architecture and awardee to
the new ones. The authority is for an additional twelve months in two
six-month stages, with expenditure not to exceed $15m. -s
