roundtable: Re: FINS VOL. 2, ISSUE

roundtable: Re: FINS VOL. 2, ISSUE

Re: FINS VOL. 2, ISSUE

Vigdor Schreibman - FINS (fins@access.digex.net)
Mon, 28 Mar 1994 13:23:34 -0500 (EST) 

Date: Mon, 28 Mar 1994 13:23:34 -0500 (EST)
From: Vigdor Schreibman - FINS <fins@access.digex.net>
Subject: Re: FINS VOL. 2, ISSUE 
To: roundtable@cni.org
In-Reply-To: <CMM.0.90.2.764726601.eroche@rnd.stern.nyu.edu>
Message-Id: <Pine.3.89.9403281352.A27783-0100000@access2.digex.net>

Ed,

The answer to your (and my) concerns is found in the National Research
and Education Network (NREN) Program, that was recently strengthened 
and reconfirmed by the U.S. Senate (S.4, H.R.820).  vs

Vigdor Schreibman
<fins@access.digex.net>

On Sun, 27 Mar 1994, Ed Roche wrote:
>  
> I've been reading the roundtable discussions for several weeks now 
> and have noticed the bitter turn recently in the messages. A few 
> observations: 1) the video dial tone debate is mixed up with the NII 
> debate, 2) much of the debate centers around the old public versus 
> private enterprise postions which can be applied to anything (highways, 
> port facilties, airports, cable TV systems). In that connection, we all 
> know that private enterprise can not supply equal access to all citizens, 
> even if there is competition, because it can not do it in other more 
> important sections (food supply, access to health services, access to 
> TV, etc.). On the other hand, everyone should have reservations about 
> goverment-delivered services because of the chronic inefficiency which 
> is evidently impossible to fix. So its a tough and difficult choice. 
> 3) some of the debate has turned towards government-mandated set-asides 
> and "public acces" for various "public interest" (e.g. lobby) groups. 
> My only strong position on this is that regardless of the outcome, all 
> public and private schools in the country, including vocational schools, 
> and all hospitals and health systems, and all public and private 
> libraries should be hooked up at the public expense or at least 
> subsidized (at different levels) to ensure the next generation of 
> kids have net-competency.
> 
> Edward M. Roche
> New York
> <eroche@rnd.stern.nyu.edu>

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