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From: sl@van-bc.UUCP (Stuart Lynne)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: Dial up access to Internet facilities
Message-ID: <451@van-bc.UUCP>
Date: 1 Jun 90 03:28:36 GMT
References: <118@ultrix.uhasun.hartford.edu> <9005270423.AA19852@psi.com> <57952@bu.edu.bu.edu> <3103@husc6.harvard.edu>
Reply-To: sl@van-bc.UUCP (Stuart Lynne)
Organization: Wimsey Associates
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In article <3103@husc6.harvard.edu> ddl@husc6.harvard.edu (Dan Lanciani) writes:
>While this may be a valid business concern, and while it has the side effect
>of allowing the regional to enforce a certain quality of service, it can
>preclude some interesting and potentially cost-effective (at least for the
>customers) structures.
>	A more standard and quantitative method of charging for internet
>service, e.g., per-packet accounting (sigh), might allow the existence of
>low-end sub-service providers without threatening the income of the regionals.

It also provides a way for people to try things out. A sys admin can hook
into van-bc for example simply by agreeing to attempt to make some donations
to help us run things. So he can hook up, usually with existing resources
and then after a few months demonstrate to management that it's a good
thing. And then get authorization to do it and make some donations.

We also see people using the uucp service for a while and then deciding to
move up into SLIP service directly into the regional network. Again if they
hadn't had the opportunity to demonstrate the usefullness of the endeavour
they might not have been able to get management approval for the more
expensive regional network connection. 

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