Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!apple!agate!helios.ee.lbl.gov!ncis.tis.llnl.gov!cblpf.att.COM!mark From: mark@cblpf.att.COM (Mark R Horton) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.iso.x400.gateway Subject: Re: an apology to Steve, and more discussion ... Message-ID: <8907201925.AA25284@tis.llnl.gov> Date: 20 Jul 89 17:48:00 GMT Sender: root@ncis.tis.llnl.gov Distribution: inet Organization: The Internet Lines: 10 Approved: post-x400-gateway@tis.llnl.gov Stef - you say the Internet is a PRMD because they won't offer service to all comers. Yet, we seem to find that the regional supercomputer centers, which apparently also offer regional TCP/IP Internets with Internet connectivitiy, pretty much do offer service to all comers. Sounds to me like the Internet is an ADMD, not a PRMD. Am I missing something? Mark