[9633] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Telecommunications Competition Act of Washington State
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John [Francis] Stracke)
Fri Jan 14 18:51:19 1994
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 1994 13:35:46 +0500
From: francis@avalle.insoft.com (John [Francis] Stracke)
To: u.washington.edu!adamfast@netcom.com
Cc: com-priv@psi.com, communet@uvmvm.BITNET, nii_agenda@civicnet.org,
In-Reply-To: adam fast's message of Fri, 14 Jan 1994 09:07:57 -0800 (PST) <Pine.3.89.9401140843.B3121-0100000@goren2.u.washington.edu>
> in other words, the intent is that companies that transport one kind of
>information (voice, video, data) are required to interconnect to other
>carriers who are transporting the same kind information. and eventually
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
That's what was unclear in the original post. I presume it's in the
actual bill. :-)
>> I can see "required to interconnect to any network that's compatible
>> and *interested*"; but forcing all nets to link together will bring
>> them all down to the lowest common denominator. I don't want my cable
>> service running over UUCP, thank you very much. :-)
>
> again, the intent is to get the nets into the same neutral rooms
>together where they /can/ connect if they want to. we are not trying to
This makes much more sense. Thank you.
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