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- From: grb@rbyte.proteus.qc.ca (G. Randolph Bickerton)
- 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: <34HwTB1w164w@rbyte.proteus.qc.ca>
- Date: 8 Nov 92 03:27:13 GMT
- References: <gmmsTB9w165w@mertwig.UUCP>
- Organization: Right Byte Industries, Ville St-Laurent Quebec Canada
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- xyzzy@mertwig.UUCP (Daniel Drucker) writes:
-
- > > 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
- >
- > =============== mertwig!xyzzy@jaflrn.uucp ==========================
- > #define slogan_1 Don't pick on me, I'm only 14.
- > #define slogan_2 Hey! Lets port it to COBOL!
- >
- > Difficulty! It's the single simplest machine in the entire Universe!
- > Hi, I'm a .sig virus! Copy me into your .sig and spread the fun!
- > =========== uupsi!utoday!jaflrn!mertwig!xyzzy ======================
-
- In an earlier response to this overall question someone's signature stated
- that "there is no such thing as a free lunch!" . As for the internet there
- is just a lot of "charity". WE all share the net because some larger
- organizations ( academic, corporate, government etc) have the hardware in
- place; pay for the major transmission costs and let the little guy
- piggyback.
-
- G. Randolph Bickerton GRB@rbyte.proteus.qc.ca
- P.O. Box 751 TEL (514)744-5524
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