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From: louisg@vpnet.chi.il.us (Louis Giliberto)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: Re: Access to the electronic frontier: ISDN
Message-ID: <1991Mar12.065735.11507@vpnet.chi.il.us>
Date: 12 Mar 91 06:57:35 GMT
References: <9508@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM>
Organization: Vpnet Public Access
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In article <9508@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> randolph@cognito.Eng.Sun.COM (Randolph Fritz) writes:
>What do you think?  Do you agree that this is a worthwhile idea, and
>one worth pursuing?  Does the EFF perhaps feel that this might be an
>area worth exploring, and perhaps worth organizing support for?

Part of the problem is that the places that would REALLY REALLY use it are the
universities.  Take U of Illinois for example.  They have a Cray (more than 1?)
, and I know that Loyola can access it.  The PLATO system there can also be
accessed, and the Chicago campus is linked to the Champaign-Urbana campus.
How?  LEASED LINES.  They could fiber optic the whole thing if they wanted to,
probably.  The Universities can usually get it if it's needed, and the local
users (businesses and individuals) ususally have to pay dearly out of their
pocket.

I really have no use for it (though I would like it!), and not too many
BBS's carry the kind of traffic that they would need it.  It seems kind of
business-oriented, and that won't generate too much support, IMHO,

Louis



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