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- From: xyzzy@mertwig.UUCP (Daniel Drucker)
- Newsgroups: news.misc,comp.misc,news.admin.misc,alt.folklore.computers,misc.misc
- Subject: Re: How is the Net financed and what does it cost?
- Message-ID: <gmmsTB9w165w@mertwig.UUCP>
- Date: Thu, 05 Nov 92 21:14:14 EST
- References: <1d6kd9INN2ar@armory.centerline.com>
- Organization: Odd Parity Hacker's Group
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- > Someday we'll probably see network usage metered by packet similar to
- > the way electricity is packaged, but that's some time off. A better
- > solution would be to charge similar to the way phone services are
- > charged (a flat or cheap rate for local service, more for long
- > distance) but the accounting would be pretty hard so it's unlikely
- > that such a technique will be used.
-
- Like telephone?
- I don't want to have to pay more to telnet farther. Thats plain stupid.
- The whole point of the net is a cyberspace where distance is meaningless.
-
- Daniel Max P. Drucker
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