Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!uwm.edu!linac!att!ucbvax!TUATARA.UOFS.EDU!bill From: bill@TUATARA.UOFS.EDU (Bill Gunshannon) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: Re: compuserve Message-ID: <9105211159.AA23740@tuatara.uofs.edu> Date: 21 May 91 11:59:31 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 24 > > And if the interest was there, there is always the milking-machine > >approach with terminal servers. I would imagine the reasons are more > >political/philosophical than technical. > > At this point, you run into the NSFnet acceptable use policy which > states "Thou shalt not use the NSFnet for commercial use." CompuServe > would have to block most sites. 1. There are commercial INTERNET providers that Compuserve could hook up to. 2. It is not Compuserve's responsibility to police the NSFnet. It is up to the users to ensure that their traffic meets Acceptable Use Policy. It might even make the commercial INTERNET providers look more attractive if one of them could lure Compuserve into the fold. But, I stand by what I said above, it isn't a technical problem. bill -- Bill Gunshannon | If this statement wasn't here, bill@platypus.uofs.edu | This space would be left intentionally blank bill@tuatara.uofs.edu | #include