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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Internic address allocation policy
On Tue, 19 Nov 1996, Perry E. Metzger wrote: > Eric Germann writes: > > The barrier to entry for that poor person is significantly higher, in the > > real world, for the poor person. Net access may be had for $20/month. But > > the hardware is a significant barrier for the poor person. > > Used PCs capable of providing net access are very cheap these days -- > $100 will get you a not entirely unreasonable setup for many purposes. Even cheeper. Used VTs are excellent for this sort of purpose, etc. However, there has been a dramatic decrease in the number of providers offering shell or text-based Internet access. The biggest problem I see to the situation is when users _and_ providers believe they need high-powered computers to access 'the net'. -- Billy Biggs [email protected] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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