schoff@uu.psi.com (Martin Schoffstall) (04/13/91)
Archive-name: internet/regional/psi-press-releases/1991-04-13 Archive-directory: uu.psi.com:/press.releases/ [136.161.128.3] Original-posting-by: schoff@uu.psi.com (Martin Schoffstall) Original-subject: Re: Support & Commercial Use Reposted-by: emv@msen.com (Edward Vielmetti, MSEN) In article <1991Apr9.151053.14757@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> <randall@Virginia.EDU> writes: > >The "Commercial Use" restrictions apply to the Internet and to other >US Gov't funded networks. HP reportedly began an experimental effort >last fall to support HP users with Internet access via e-mail. Many >other firms also support users via email at present (MKS does an >unusually good job with this :-). In all cases that I am aware of, >the policy has apparently been construed to permit support-via-email >provided there is no fee required to get such support (since that >would be commercial). In general, the Internet exists to support >educational and research activities and to the extent that >support-by-email is in fact supporting those educational and research >activities, it should be allowable. > However, almost all support services: (1) are fee based (2) can be made more effective by doing more than email (such as ftp, telnet, etc) One of the outcome of the HP investigation was HP's participation in PSINet (a national commercial internetwork provider) in addition to the restricted regional provider: BARRNET. In parallel the commercial internetwork providers at the instigation of their commercial customers have established the Commercial Internet Exchange (CIX) which as CommWeek would say "bypasses the Internet", but more accurately bypasses the restricted NSFNet. The press releases for both of these issues were recently issued and are available via anonyous ftp from uu.psi.com in press.releases/{HP.Joins.PSINet,CIX.Announced} Marty -- comp.archives file verification uu.psi.com total 50 -rw-r--r-- 1 254 37 2402 Apr 8 22:27 CCS.Avail -rw-r--r-- 1 254 37 6043 Apr 8 22:27 CIX.Announced -rw-rw-r-- 1 uucp staff 2982 Jul 30 1990 Calif.Expansion -rw-r--r-- 1 254 37 1851 Apr 8 22:31 HOST-DCS.Avail -rw-r--r-- 1 254 37 3180 Apr 8 22:32 HP.Joins.PSINet -rw-r--r-- 1 254 37 1922 Dec 14 14:12 ICE-PSI.Agreement -rw-r--r-- 1 254 37 2559 Dec 14 14:18 InterCon-PSI.Agreement -rw-r--r-- 1 254 37 2343 Apr 9 20:14 LAN-DCS.Avail -rw-r--r-- 1 254 37 2775 Dec 21 16:36 NYSER.DCS -rw-rw-r-- 1 uucp staff 3800 Jul 30 1990 News.Service -rw-r--r-- 1 254 37 1946 Oct 1 1990 POP-exp.092790 -rw-rw-r-- 1 uucp staff 3290 Jul 30 1990 PSI.Begin -rw-rw-r-- 1 uucp staff 3129 Jul 30 1990 RCI.Agreement -rw-r--r-- 1 254 37 2317 Oct 17 18:33 SNMP-4.0.Available -rw-r--r-- 1 254 37 1533 Oct 17 18:33 SSD.Available -rw-r--r-- 1 254 37 1523 Oct 17 18:33 VPI.Available found psi-press-releases ok uu.psi.com:/press.releases/