[9660] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Telecommunications Competition Act of Washington State
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rob Raisch, The Internet Company)
Sat Jan 15 16:03:22 1994
Date: Sat, 15 Jan 1994 12:47:03 -0800 (PST)
From: "Rob Raisch, The Internet Company" <raisch@internet.com>
To: Ittai Hershman <ittai@ans.net>
Cc: Karl Denninger <karl@mcs.com>, com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: <CMM.0.90.2.758666200.ittai@shemesh.ans.net>
On Sat, 15 Jan 1994, Ittai Hershman wrote:
> Now that Internet services are a competitive market, the CIX -- as a
> trade association of commercial Internet service providers -- is the
> next logical step.
>
> -Ittai (fellow CIX Association member)
"Trade Association of Commercial Internet Service Providers" sounds
awfully grand. Too bad it is not. There are assumptions in my mind
--perhaps incorrect ones-- about the services a "trade association"
provides. The CIX is not a trade assocaition in any sense. It is a
temporary and exceedingly fragile border connectivity arrangement.
Calling it anything else misrepresents the truth.
I would really like to know why NO ONE from CIX had the common courtesy
to comment on the proposal/comments I made to this list over 2 months ago.
</rr> (another fellow CIX Association member)
