[9178] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: esnet vs nsfnet: contracts vs coop agreements
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dory Ethan Leifer)
Mon Dec 20 14:51:36 1993
To: "Brock N. Meeks" <brock@well.sf.ca.us>
Cc: com-priv@psi.com, cook@path.net
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1993 14:48:23 -0500
From: Dory Ethan Leifer <leifer@terminator.rs.itd.umich.edu>
> As time has proven, Sprint *was* capable for delivering on its promise of
> commerical ATM in the time called for in the original ESnet contract.
> Sprint has its ATM commecial network up and running with Hughes as its
> first customer. AT&T? Nowhere. They've just annouced, last week, that
> Ameritech will be the first commerical customer, but it won't have that
> network up and running until 1995.
Brock - Which network do you refer to as "that network"? Ameritech's or
AT&T's. Could you please clarify this since AT&T provides equipment and
network services - and doesn't always use their own equipment for their services.
Dory Leifer
