[9176] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: esnet vs nsfnet: contracts vs coop agreements
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dennis Perry - Unisys)
Mon Dec 20 14:26:12 1993
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 93 14:24:49 EST
From: perry@stars.reston.paramax.com (Dennis Perry - Unisys)
To: brock@well.sf.ca.us, com-priv@psi.com, cook@path.net
Cc: perry@stars.reston.paramax.com
Brock, I think the real issue on the DOE contract is not that AT&T could
not deliver ATM, but that ATM was what was requested in the RFP.
Sprint offered ATM and DOE tried to take it. AT&T basically said that
if you wanted ATM you should have said so. For those of us who make
a living off trying to interpret what the government wants in RFP,
AT&T did the right thing. You cannot bait and switch, which is
what the government in effect did. So, the new RFP now says
that you can offer ATM. Don't blame AT&T for a government
mistake which always takes time to rectify.
dennis
