[9545] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Internet in a box
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dick St.Peters)
Sun Jan 9 20:45:49 1994
Date: Sun, 9 Jan 94 20:41:16 EST
From: stpeters@spare-parts.crd.ge.com (Dick St.Peters)
To: bmanning@is.rice.edu
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
Reply-To: <stpeters@dawn.crd.ge.com>
> One of the problems with the growth of the net is the scaleability
> of support issues. If these can be pushed into the neighborhood,
> where I can run down the the sysops house if need be, is a -MUCH-
> better deal than calling a big impersonal nation wide service.
This is the grassroots coop network view I've been advocating, but
support cuts both ways. The provider can't just run down to every
neighborhood sysop; it's *this* support problem that needs solving.
Among ourselves, we in our neighborhood can agree to accept poor
support and unreliable service from ourselves - to live with whatever
we can manage, but how do we make ourselves not be a burden on our
provider?
--
Dick St.Peters
GE Corporate R&D, Schenectady, NY stpeters@dawn.crd.ge.com
