IP: RE: Interesting Article in the 26 July LA Times on the Mismatch of Business and the Internet

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> From: "Bob Frankston" <rmf2g2 () bobf Frankston com>
> To: <farber () cis upenn edu>
> Cc: "'David Reed'" <dpreed () reed com>, "John Klensin" <klensin () att com>
> Subject: RE: Interesting Article in the 26 July LA Times on the Mismatch 
> of  Business and the Internet
> Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2001 21:13:54 -0400
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> [Dave, this is, of course, one of my strong interests and this isn't my
> first rant but this article is needs to be amplified but I'll resist
> addressing the many fallacies with the article to keep this brief --
> Klensin and others did provide some responses]
>
> And it's even worse! The first mile of Internet connectivity is
> restrained by companies who stand to lose if people were allowed full
> access to the Internet. For example, this McKinsey report
> http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/article_page.asp?tk=351768:1093:38&ar=1
> 093&L2=38&L3=99
> makes it clear that content companies need to keep their platforms
> closed to maximize their profits.
>
> We shouldn't be surprised that the first mile of connectivity has been
> stagnant for the five years while the rest of the telecommunications
> infrastructure has improved by 10 to 100 times a year.
>
> Unfortunately, the claims that one must maintain rigid control over the
> infrastructure find a ready audience with those who do not understand
> the power of a resilient infrastructure. Terms like "Broadband" are used
> to pretend that the Internet is an aberrant form of television and we
> are consumers at the last mile.
>
> As a consequence gigabit of connectivity stands idle while a single 56kb
> channel is all we have to give us access to the world.
>
> Bob Frankston
> http://www.Frankston.com
>
>
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> Subject: IP: Interesting Article in the 26 July LA Times on the Mismatch
> of Business and the Internet
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>
> > Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 18:29:12 -0400
> > To: "David J. Farber" <farber () cis upenn edu>
> > From: "Tice F. DeYoung" <tdeyoung () mail arc nasa gov>
> >
> > Dave,    .
> >
> >    Here's an interesting article I came across today which your IP
> > readers may find enjoyable:
> > http://www.latimes.com/business/la-072601netarch.story.  It's a bunch
> of
> > business people, including a telecommunications consultant (ask
> Richard
> > about them) who are beating their chests and saying the Internet isn't
>
> > good for our model of business.  Basically they want to control the
> > horizontal and vertical of the warp and weave of the Internet.  Its a
> > good read, but somewhat scary if these guys take over.
> >
> > Tice
>
>
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