Internet II is coming...

Tue Oct 8 21:40:14 UTC 1996

Sounds great. It all sounded great until it got to the part about "federal
funding". I, for one, have a problem with my tax dollars going towards
some professor being able to gawk at another professor in a
videoconference.

-BD

On Tue, 8 Oct 1996, Paul J. Zawada wrote:

> It's a way for Universities to talk to _each_other_ at higher speeds without
> having to pay for the *ahem* value "added" by the Internet.  Higher-Ed
> institutions want to talk to each other at higher speeds but don't
> necessarily want pay for their undergrads' (or professors' for that matter)
> ability to download nudie-GIFs 20x faster.  So while there's no more money
> in the budget for faster Internet connectivity, many university provosts
> would be willing to spend more money for bandwidth if it were used for
> "nobler" pursuits.  Basically, they want the Internet they had 6 years ago
> only faster.
> 
> Internet II, if it happens, would be Higher-Ed's intranet.