[9190] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Bait and Switch (was Re: esnet vs nsfnet: contracts vs coop agreements)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Rarey)
Mon Dec 20 16:25:37 1993
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 93 13:26:41 -0800
From: Paul Rarey <Paul.Rarey@ssf-sys.dhl.com>
In-Reply-To: Gene.Hastings@boole.ece.cmu.edu
To: com-priv@psi.com
On Dec 20, 13:24, Gene.Hastings@boole.ece.cmu.edu wrote:
> Subject: Bait and Switch (was Re: esnet vs nsfnet: contracts vs coop agree
} My own observations during presentations at IETF correspond with Brock's
} accounts. Whenever speaking formally, all of the ESnet folks went to great
} pains to describe their requirements as being high speed "FastPacket", and
} adamantly refused to describe further whether this meant SMDS (what I believe
} some bidders inferred) or ATM, or even FedEx.
^^^^^^
Hhhmmm........:-)
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