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In article <IS6Mu*gd0@fantasyfarm.com>,
Bernie Cosell <bernie@fantasyfarm.com> wrote:
>
>Feh --- what a load of hogwash.  I think that the *SOONER* they
>_stop_ having the taxpayers subsidize this grand toy NSF has
>bestowed upon their chosen few and have folks start to PAY
>for the bandwidth they so rapaciously chew up, the _better_ the
>internet will be.

Much of the Internet is not NSF-funded.  Did you know that?  The MAJORITY.
And there is, according to Dr. Wolff, reason for continued involvement of
the government.  Don't forget -- Columbus and Neal Armstrong didn't get
to their respective destinations as the result of "free enterprise".


To: Michael Sierchio <kudzu>
Subject: Our telephone discussion
From: Stephen Wolff <steve@cise.cise.nsf.gov>
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Michael - No, we won't get out altogether, just out of the provision of
"commodity" networking - i.e., the part that's available on the open market
from a variety of private suppliers.  We'll always (I hope) be providing
infrastructure to the bleeding edge (gigabits and beyond...) and to the
trailing edge (cf. rural electrification), proper functions of government,
it seems to me.  -s
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