[9778] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Articles from yesterday mentioning related topics...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Stephen Williams)
Fri Jan 21 03:36:20 1994
From: sdw@meaddata.com (Stephen Williams)
To: com-priv@psi.com
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 1994 10:17:20 -0500 (EST)
I'm going to try to stay on the conservative side with what I post
here from Nexis, but these articles relate to people here. To satisfy
potential internal concerns, I'll point out this is an example of the
usefulness of Lexis/Nexis Eclipse (clipping services) via email
printing. Call 800-543-6862 for info...
This should be a fair use.
> SELECTED LIBRARY: NEXIS
> SELECTED FILE: OMNI
> SAVED SEARCH: INTERNET ACCESS
> DATE SAVED: AUGUST 26, 1993 PREVIOUS RESULTS: 615
> THIS UPDATE: JANUARY 20, 1994 THIS UPDATE: 3
> Copyright 1994 Business Wire, Inc.
> Business Wire
>
> January 19, 1994, Wednesday
>
> DISTRIBUTION: Business Editors/Computer Writers
>
> LENGTH: 438 words
>
> HEADLINE: NETCOM completes Phase I of Internet Superhighway Project
>
> DATELINE: SAN JOSE, Calif.
>
> BODY:
Paraphrase:
Netcom pulls wraps off a secret two year project to provide
affordable 'on-ramps' to Internet for the general public.
This is Phase I.
> NETCOM, a five year old Silicon Valley start-up, was the first commercial
> corporation to provide Internet access to the individual. Now, with a full
Barry?
> Copyright 1993 Editor & Publisher Co., Inc.
> Editor & Publisher Magazine
> December 11, 1993>
> SECTION: Interactive Communications; Pg. 35
> HEADLINE: IIA opens Internet to everyone
> BYLINE: Editorial Staff
>
> BODY:
Paraphrase:
3000 customers waiting, secret corporate founders, etc.
Cost: local 'pay-phone' call, or $.20/min 800. Hope for
toll-free eventually.... Can support 100 to 200 connections.
> Copyright 1993 Editor & Publisher Co., Inc.
> Editor & Publisher Magazine
> December 4, 1993
> SECTION: Interactive Communications; Pg. 28
> HEADLINE: Electronic Newsstand adds 31 titles
> BYLINE: Editorial Staff
> BODY:
> THOSE WITH INTERNET access may peruse 31 more titles on the Electronic
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