User-pays quoted in the press

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From: John Hollow
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 23:53

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As one who has not really followed the politics of AARNet funding in great
depth, I was surprised to see a long article "Gallows humour rife as
AARNet goes user-pays" in "The Australian", Mon 4 Jan 1993 p.12.

The start of the article says:  "It all seemed too good to be true - and
in a few months it won't be.  The 'free' Australian Academic Research
Network is to go user-pays!  AARNet's sponsor, the Australian
Vice-Chancellors Committee, was considering the move anyway."

Can anyone clarify?  Is there such a proposal?  If yes, what mechanics of
charging are envisaged?  To what client-base?  (I'm not asking for a
debate on the issues - just a statement of status of current proposals.)

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