NSFnet Privatization: Policy Making in a Public Interest Vacuum.

Cook, Gordon

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ERIC Number: EJ464376

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Publication Date: 1993

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NSFnet Privatization: Policy Making in a Public Interest Vacuum.

Cook, Gordon

Internet Research, v3 n1 p3-9 Spr 1993

Discusses policy decisions that led to the privatization and commercialization of NSFnet; explains the roles of IBM, MCI Communications, and ANS (Advanced Network and Service); and suggests the role that the federal government should take to ensure that the NREN (National Research and Education Network) addresses issues of public access and affordability. (five references) (LRW)

Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Costs, Federal Government, Government Role, Information Networks, Policy Formation, Privatization

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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