Re: A PRIVATE INTERNET (NYT story off the Net)... [ Dave is right in the last

[David Farber <farber@central.cis.upenn.edu>]

Date: Thu, 27 Oct 1994 08:29:44 -0700
From: dcrocker@mordor.stanford.edu (Dave Crocker)


>   Some experts say the government's planned withdrawal from Internet
>   management - ending nearly a decade of oversight and an estimated $12
>   million in annual subsidies - is the best way to bring marketplace
>   efficiencies to the increasingly commercial global network.


Where does the $12B estimate come from.  I can't believe it is anywhere
near that high or ever has been, unless one counts charges for direct
government USE, perhaps.  That's not subsidy.


How do we stop perpetuation of the myth that the Internet is "moving" to
privatization and, instead, help people see that it has already happened,
except for some vestigal funding.  If the funding went away tomorrow, it
would be irritating, but not catastrophic.


d/


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