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feigin@iis.ethz.ch (Adam W. Feigin) writes:
...
: What I think it boils down to is that the Network community here has
: allowed the 'service provider' to dictate what individual
: hosts/networks can and cannot establish connections to, instead of the
: individual sites deciding for themselves. 
...

As I pointed out earlier to Alain, you should be careful with these arguments:
since I was -there- at the time, I know that the initial US IP connectivity
was -very- clearly limited to NSFnet access. European IP connectivity 
for the universities was "by accident" (this was available due to the 
association of your service provider with EUnet) and if I remember correctly
was never officially announced as available.

I've got know idea if the official policies have changed at all, but I would
be careful with assumptions on what you are being sold.

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