roundtable: Re: Gore Calls for GII

roundtable: Re: Gore Calls for GII

Re: Gore Calls for GII

Miles R Fidelman (fidelman@civicnet.org)
Thu, 24 Mar 1994 17:47:23 -0500 (EST) 

Date: Thu, 24 Mar 1994 17:47:23 -0500 (EST)
From: Miles R Fidelman <fidelman@civicnet.org>
Subject: Re: Gore Calls for GII
To: roundtable@cni.org
In-Reply-To: <199403240312.TAA26929@igc.apc.org>
Message-Id: <Pine.3.89.9403241731.A26710-0100000@world.std.com>

> U.S. CHALLENGES WORLD TO BUILD ``NETWORK OF NETWORKS" 
> 
>     BUENOS AIRES (Reuter) - The United States urged countries to build a
> ``network of networks" that could pump billions of dollars into the global
> economy by linking computers in homes, schools and offices around the world. 

>     Some U.S. experts maintain a world computing network could be built and
> run by private industry. In fact, Gore pointed out in his speech, the network
> is already being built in bits and pieces as fiber-optic cable is laid under
> seas and across continents. 

Of course we should all be taking great pains to point out that just 
such a global network is already in place - its called the Internet.  
The challenge now is to expand the Internet - both toward universal 
service and in terms of capacity and content.  We have to be really 
careful of high visibility statements that give the impression that 
we don't yet have a global network infrastructure, and by implication 
we have to turn industry loose to build it from scratch.

Lets hear a rousing chorus of "I want my In-ter-net" - to the tune of 
"I want my MTV."

Miles

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