Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!pasteur!ucbvax!A.ISI.EDU!CERF From: CERF@A.ISI.EDU Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: Re: Accounting Message-ID: <[A.ISI.EDU]18-Apr-88.10:58:11.CERF> Date: 18 Apr 88 14:58:00 GMT References: Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 9 Alex, I disagree with your assertion that the port expander was motivated by the per-port tariff on DDN/ARPANET. In fact, it was motivated by the fact that an IMP could only support 4 host ports at the time and we needed more connections but could not afford to pay for an entire IMP (the cost per port for a 4 port IMP was high; now IMPs can support many more ports at less cost per port). Vint