[9626] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Barry Shein)
Fri Jan 14 12:48:24 1994
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 1994 12:47:41 -0500
From: bzs@world.std.com (Barry Shein)
To: swb1@cornell.edu
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: Scott W Brim's message of Fri, 14 Jan 1994 11:31:43 -0500 <199401141628.AA17331@postoffice2.mail.cornell.edu>
>From: Scott W Brim <swb1@cornell.edu>
>Barry, your idea is making me writhe. You're suggesting even more
>restraint of trade by the CIX. You're pushing for the CIX to take
>control of what is allowed on the net, you're forcing all providers to
>become CIX members, and you're setting up a "water monopoly" situation.
>At least when the government regulates what is allowed on the net we
>still have some possibility of responding.
Well, it was just one idea.
And if the CIX were such a problem there's not a lot preventing others
from setting such a thing up (well, it's not trivial), do you believe
the above would happen against the wishes of its members? I thought
it was a voting organization? Now, that reduces the question to
whether or not the voting members will vote in a way that also is in
your own interest as a customer. I dunno, it's a valid question.
Such things are not very unusual in industry, I don't think they often
end up in disaster (I think we're completely unaware of their actions
99.9% of the time.) The govt can certainly still have a say in terms
of restraint of trade if an argument could be made. But as far as govt
generally regulating, I don't see anything much to speak for that
other than I'd expect all of Billy Bulger's (local Boston politico)
relatives to get out of the construction business and into the network
business...
-Barry Shein
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