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Re: Funding for NAPs...

  • From: John G. Scudder
  • Date: Sat Oct 07 20:26:09 1995 
At 11:02 PM 10/6/95, Dave Siegel wrote:
>The NAP providers (Ameritech, Sprint, and PacBell) do get some government
>money.  As with all government funding, there is red tape, such as
>providing services to R&E type stuff.

Ameritech doesn't receive any government funding for the Chicago NAP.  I
believe that Bellcore receives some government funding.

I don't think that Sprint or PacBell get any government $$ either, but they
should confirm or deny that themselves.

--John