Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!van-bc!sl From: sl@van-bc.UUCP (Stuart Lynne) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: Re: Remote database services ??? Message-ID: <306@van-bc.UUCP> Date: 25 Sep 89 07:16:52 GMT References: <34890@apple.Apple.COM> <[A.ISI.EDU]24-Sep-89.13:22:03.CERF> Reply-To: sl@van-bc.UUCP (Stuart Lynne) Organization: Wimsey Associates Lines: 14 In article <[A.ISI.EDU]24-Sep-89.13:22:03.CERF> CERF@A.ISI.EDU writes: >Pat, >hosts that need this kind of bandwidth). It is the hope of the >NREN sponsors that the system will eventually be feasible as a >commercial offering and that direct government involvement in its >operation can be minimized and perhaps completely eliminated. Wonder how long until the Internet turns into a commercial common carrier? I can only hope as a international user that when (and if) it happens that it's trans-national in scope. I'd hate to have to deal with bureaucrats in Ontario (Canadian bureaucrats have to be seen to be believed!). -- Stuart.Lynne@wimsey.bc.ca uunet!van-bc!sl 604-937-7532(voice) 604-939-4768(fax)