[9980] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: attaching a network to the Internet (was Re: Confusion
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven K. Widmayer)
Tue Feb 1 01:04:09 1994
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 1994 01:03:04 -0500
From: "Steven K. Widmayer" <skw@merit.edu>
To: marc@MIT.EDU
Cc: NORDLUND@ccstaff.cc.ukans.edu, com-priv@psi.com
>From: Marc Horowitz <marc@mit.edu>
>
>The NSFnet no longer exists as a physical network. It's just a
>metanetwork on top of ANSnet, right? And ANS is a company which wants
We refer to it as the NSFNET service rather than the NSFNET backbone.
>to make money, or has subsidiaries which want to make money, or
>whatever. I'm sure that there's some price for which ANS will install
>a new ENSS. Then, you would need NSF permission to be an "official"
>NSFnet site. But I would think the ENSS is merely a problem of money.
>
> Marc
>
Sure. The scenario you describe is possible. ANS is open for business.
Though I think if one qualified, the scenario I described to become an
NSFNET service provider might be less expensive. If you qualified and
could make it through all the hoops.
--Steve Widmayer (skw@merit.edu)
