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From: cluther@supernet.haus.com (Clay Luther)
Newsgroups: news.admin,news.misc,comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: Internet/NSFNet proposal to be run by IBM -- call to action!
Message-ID: <1990Oct29.205244.2051@supernet.haus.com>
Date: 29 Oct 90 20:52:44 GMT
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csg@pyramid.pyramid.com (Carl S. Gutekunst) writes:

>Karl, there is a *much* simpler solution. Scrap NSFNet. We don't need it. T1
>and 64K DDS lines are ***cheap*** these days, so cheap that UUNet can build
>a truly commercial TCP/IP service, give excellent service, and charge less
>than $2000/month for it.

><csg>

Since when was $2000/month cheap?  This is more than most people in the US
make in a month!  $2000/month is in no way cheap, with triple astericks.  It
is well out of the reach of the common man and beyond the means of many small
companies that would profit greatly by having internet access.

Internet will not be cheap until it drops to say, $100/month, or less.


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