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- Message-ID: <199212211720.AA23539@ra.oc.com>
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- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 11:20:30 -0600
- Sender: IBM TCP/IP List <IBMTCP-L@PUCC.BITNET>
- From: matt@OC.COM
- Subject: Re: IBMLink
- Lines: 35
-
- >On Thu, 17 Dec 1992 14:06:42 CET Steve Perez said:
- >>
- >>As for commercial uses of the Internet....I have to admit that I didn't
- >>consider this. I can see how making use of the configurators, sales info and
- >>other marketing stuff could be seen as a violation of the spirit of Internet.
- >>But I don't see the Internet community getting up in arms over something
- >>like this (if I'm wrong, I'm sure someone will let me know).
- >>
- >
- >I've heard this argument before, but I seem to remember some discussion
- >somewhere that would lead me to believe that IBMLINK access via Internet
- >wouldn't be considered "commercial use" of the net.
-
- The Internet, whatever that consists of at this slice of time, does not
- have a commercial use restriction. Specific networks within the Internet
- do. Examples of such networks are NSFNet, ESNet, and NSNet. Many network
- not only do not have a commercial use restriction they, in fact, encourage
- commercial use. CIX, the Commercial Internet eXchange, is an organization
- of such networks. It includes the commercial Internet providers, UUNET
- and PSI, but also includes a number of the regionals. THENet/Sesquinet
- (Texas),
- CERFNet (Calif).
-
- Unfortunatly, it's not a clear cut issue. It's all a matter of which
- network(s) your traffic has to traverse to get to it's destination.
-
-
- --
- Matthew Lyle (214) 888-0474
- OpenConnect Systems matt@oc.com
- Dallas, TX
-
- "...and once you have tasted flight, you will walk the earth with your
- eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you long
- to return..."
-