[569] in Public-Access_Computer_Systems_Forum
Re: Cost of Internet Access
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michel Eytan LILoL)
Tue Jun 23 10:09:09 1992
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 1992 08:51:09 CDT
Reply-To: Public-Access Computer Systems Forum <PACS-L%UHUPVM1.BITNET@mitvma.mit.edu>
From: Michel Eytan LILoL <me@SUZUKA.U-STRASBG.FR>
To: Multiple recipients of list PACS-L <PACS-L%UHUPVM1.BITNET@mitvma.mit.edu>
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In his e-mail Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1992 13:17:20 CDT, MAYEJOH@minna.iit.edu
writes:
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In the case of CICnet, the "professionals" ARE the volunteers that
built the Internet at their respective institution. It was a natural
to elevate the responsibility to an entity that was not closely tied with
any of the original universities so as to achieve access for anyone
(universities, public libraries, governmental bodies, etc) and not be
subject to the vagaries of one university's budget swings.
The Internet is maturing which inevitably means commericalization,
professionalization and several other "ations" that herald the end
of the cowboy network era. It's time for fences and homesteads.
This doesn't mean that there aren't any more frontiers, it means
that for the users, the struggle is just beginning.
John Mayer Chicago-Kent College of law
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I am a naive user of Internet, so: what is CICnet? in what does it differ from
Internet? how can it 'achieve access for anyone... and not be subject to the
vagaries of one university's budget swings.'? (guess should read '...one's...')
As a non-native speaker of English (not American), I do not understand the
meaning of 'It's time for fences and homesteads.'; could someone please
translate?
==eytan@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr
