[9187] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: ATM, AT&T & Brock's Post
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brock N. Meeks)
Mon Dec 20 16:16:53 1993
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1993 13:14:38 -0800
From: "Brock N. Meeks" <brock@well.sf.ca.us>
To: com-priv@psi.com, joseph@path.net
Cc: brock@well.sf.ca.us, cook@path.net
Joseph,
Perhaps my wording was incorrect or you read my statement wrong. I
meant to imply what your message said, that of all govt. contracts
that are protested, 97% are indeed awarded to the original winning
bidder. Only something like 3% of protests are *upheld*, denying the
winning bidder the contract. Hope the straightens my comment out. If
I was unclear, thanks for helping me out.
As for AT&T ATM switch. Yes, I know they have a working switch, lots
of people do. But it's not being deployed on a wide-scale commerical
basis, which is something the DoE contract called for. Sprint has
such a network, based on the TRW ATM switch. The fact that Sprint's
network is commerical, has a commerical customer (with more coming)
went a long way in helping their cause in this case.
Brock Meeks
reporter
Communications Daily
