[9353] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Cost vs benefit of internet services
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matthew Kaufman)
Thu Dec 30 01:58:00 1993
Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1993 22:47:04 -0800
From: matthew@echo.com (Matthew Kaufman)
To: ittai@ans.net, karl@mcs.com
Cc: com-priv@psi.com, martinea@hawk.nstn.ns.ca, matthew@echo.com,
> To: ittai@ans.net
> From: washburn@cix.org (Bill Washburn)
> Subject: working definition
>
> Ittai--
> Here's a working definition... Bill
>
> All customers of a standard CIX member have access to the CIX except for
> "resellers" of IP service. "IP service" is defined as direct TCP/IP access
> to the Internet with the assigning of a IP network number to an individual
> or organization. As such any customer of a CIX member who is an IP
> reseller will not have access to the CIX for itself or for the indviduals
> or organizations it provides service to.
And THIS is exactly what I want to see explained.
Either it goes into the contract, or it doesn't. When _I_
read the contract, I didn't see it there. But every
single IP provider, AND Bill Washburn himself (who claimed
to me in one piece of mail to "not understand the legalese"
of the CIX contract) operates under this "working
definition" and the understanding that if they don't
follow that "rule", they'll be cut off.
I am of the belief that if everyone who believes that the
CIX is a 100% wonderful thing KNEW about this "rule",
that we'd a much better variety of opinion.
-matthew kaufman
