IP: Re: GovNet, per FOS Newsletter

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2001 01:03:54 -0400
> From: Seth Johnson <seth.johnson () realmeasures dyndns org>
>
> See Tom's comments below.
>
> Thanks, Tom.
>
>
> Seth Johnson
> Committee for Independent Technology
>
>
> (Forwarded from DMCA Discussion list, DMCA_Discuss () lists microshaft org)
>
> tom poe wrote:
> >
> > On Saturday 13 October 2001 19:12, Seth Johnson wrote:
> > > (Forwarded from DMCA Discussion list, DMCA_Discuss () lists microshaft org)
> > >
> > > Tom (his comments below):
> > >
> > > So -- we're subsidizing a digital divide between the citizens and their
> > > government?
> > >
> > > I think this issue needs to be fleshed out more -- I don't feel
> > > competent to elaborate on it.  But the idea gives me the heeby jeebies,
> > > too.
> > >
> > > Seth Johnson
> > > Committee for Independent Technology
> > >
> >
> > Hi, Seth:
> > Well, as you may recall, there was this thing about surcharging as a way to
> > fund the hookup of all schools to the Internet.  I, for one, assumed 
> schools
> > to mean public schools, like grade schools, high schools, 
> universities.  The
> > way this thing came down, though, was Internet2, for the "infrastructure"
> > with universities and government agencies hooked up, first.  The need for
> > spin, though, required some token effort at the public school level, 
> but, as
> > you can see, at:
> > http://www.internet2.edu/ and related sites:
> >
> > http://www.technologyreview.com/web/tynan/tynan071001.asp
> >
> > "To join Internet2, you must be an educational institution or private firm
> > willing to use the network to collaborate and support the development 
> of new
> > applications. Annual costs run between $500,000 and $1 million per
> > university, according to Internet2 spokesperson Greg Wood, most of it going
> > toward upgrading campus networks. "
> >
> > I suspect the controls are even more daunting than this article might 
> suggest.
> >
> > Thanks, Tom


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