[9897] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: bill text draft 2: Telecommunications Competition Act (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeffrey Sterling)
Wed Jan 26 02:48:11 1994
Date: Tue, 25 Jan 1994 23:24:30 -0800 (PST)
From: Jeffrey Sterling <jeffgs@netcom.com>
To: Ittai Hershman <ittai@ans.net>
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: <CMM.0.90.2.759529124.ittai@shemesh.ans.net>
On Tue, 25 Jan 1994, Ittai Hershman wrote:
> My point exactly the major reason for the commercial growth in the
> Internet is due to competition in the long distance market, because it is
> deregulated and interconnected ala CIX.
>
> I am afraid this is not at all clear. The numbers, in fact,
> demonstrate that the predominant growth in the Internet, at least as
> seen from within the United States, is growth in the NSFNET Backbone
> Service and not the CIX.
Thank you very much for the correction. Pardon my ignorance but where
does Sprintlink fit in.
>
> Attached is a table identifying the affiliation of network numbers
> (i.e. destination routes) in the ANSNet router tables over a three
> month period.
>
> DATE CIX ANS NSFNET
> Only CO+RE AUP
>
> 8-Oct-93 925 738 15429
> 15-Oct-93 1139 814 15586
> 22-Oct-93 1132 845 15863
> 29-Oct-93 1116 898 16082
> 5-Nov-93 1160 939 16440
> 12-Nov-93 1147 988 16950
> 19-Nov-93 1152 1022 17206
> 26-Nov-93 1098 1141 17383
> 3-Dec-93 1086 1177 17764
> 10-Dec-93 1146 1228 18135
> 17-Dec-93 1060 1335 18540
> 24-Dec-93 1046 1366 18924
> 7-Jan-94 1032 1389 19457
> 14-Jan-94 1019 1462 19757
>
>
> If we, the commercial Internet service providers cannot get our act
> together, then that is surely the road to regulation of the Internet.
> It is my hope that the CIX Association will rise to the challenge and
> begin acting as the neutral trade association it was incorporated to
> be, which should provide an environment which promotes bilateral
> business relationships among members and promotes the mutual interests
> of its members (and their customers) in Washington D.C.
Promoting interconnectivity through a neutral trade association that is
willing to expand to vice and video is my fondest hope.
