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Re: Purchasing a Hierarchy

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From: Pete Holsberg
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 1994 17:50
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In article <328ktn$bau@Venus.mcs.com> karl@MCS.COM (Karl Denninger) writes:
>The CIX is not selling the Internet.  They are selling a transit guarantee
>and services to their members, which happen to include routing on *two*
>CISCO 7000s in California.

>The CIX can no more sell the Internet than Interaccess can.

How do they get their access to the Internet? That is, must a person or 
organization go through a "provider", and if so, why?
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From: pjh@pjh.jvnc.net (Pete Holsberg)
Subject: Re: Purchasing a Hierarchy
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