Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!clyde.concordia.ca!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!samsung!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!caen!math.lsa.umich.edu!sharkey!msuinfo!rang From: rang@cs.wisc.edu (Anton Rang) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: internet Message-ID: Date: 21 Oct 90 17:53:54 GMT References: <5165@crash.cts.com> Sender: news@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu Organization: UW-Madison CS department Lines: 14 In-Reply-To: mlyons@pro-truckstop.cts.com's message of 20 Oct 90 07:56:40 GMT In article <5165@crash.cts.com> mlyons@pro-truckstop.cts.com (Handles, SysOp) writes: >I thought the internet was free. It isn't. Typically a connection runs about $10,000/year or more (it depends on your regional network's policy). Also, use of the NSFnet backbone is technically restricted to NSFNet-sponsored research, though this isn't enforced (at the moment). Most of the regional networks are more liberal, but NSF requires that by 1996 or thereabouts (I don't recall the exact date) the regional networks have the capability to keep non-NSF traffic off of the NSFNet itself (presumably nearby regional nets will run their own gateways between themselves, paid for by their members). Anton +---------------------------+------------------+-------------+ | Anton Rang (grad student) | rang@cs.wisc.edu | UW--Madison | +---------------------------+------------------+-------------+