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IP: Access Wars between ISPs and Telcos
From: David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 1995 02:53:09 -0400
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 1995 15:39:21 +0900 From: shumpei () glocom ac jp (Shumpei Kumon) Reading this week's Internet Week article on "Access Wars Brewing, Pit ISPs Against Telcos," I was somewhat shocked to learn that MCI, the company for whom Vint Cerf is working, is going to introduce "service level agreements and settlement systems similar to those that the long distance companies currently have to pass long distance traffic" in the Internet access business. MCI is quoted to be "convinced that such agreements and settlements systems are necessary for the continued growth of the Internet" because "for the Internet to sustain its growth, commerce and business really need to trust the Internet to carry traffic." How come could MCI decide to take such measures? What will be the impacts of such access wars on the future of the Net? How NTT, who is about to launch the project to develop Open Computer Network based on the "best efforts" principle, will react to it? ********************************** Shumpei Kumon Director Center for Global Communications International University of Japan Harks Bldg, 6-15-21 Roppongi Minato-ku, Tokyo 106 Tel: +813-5411-6677 Fax: +813-5412-7111 URL http://www.glocom.ac.jp/ e-mail: shumpei () glocom ac jp ***********************************
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