IP: Techies vs. Telcos

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> From: "Bob Frankston" <BobRMF17 () Bobf Frankston com>
> To: "David Farber" <dave () farber net>
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> David Kirkpatrick of Fortune did a story this week on the 
> Telecom/Connectivity issue.  The URL is 
> <http://www.fortune.com/indexw.jhtml?channel=artcol.jhtml&doc_id=204875>http://www.fortune.com/indexw.jhtml?channel=artcol.jhtml&doc_id=204875.
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> I gave him a pointer to my Beyond Telecom slide show as a source 
> (<http://www.frankston.com/public/essays/BeyondTelecom.asp>http://www.frankston.com/public/essays/BeyondTelecom.asp 
> is the version with a cover essay) though, alas, he still does use the 
> term Broadband . At least Andy Grove speaks about the First Mile . It is 
> important to frame the issue so as not to presume telephony and television 
> are the only goals.
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> THE THINK TANK
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> Great Leap Forward: Techies vs. Telcos
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> With morale in the tech industry even lower than its stock prices, leaders 
> are looking to lay the blame. Their favorite culprit: those controlling 
> broadband access to the Net.
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> David Kirkpatrick
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> Mon Nov 12 00:00:00 EST 2001
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> It's been a grim time for the tech industry. Executives from companies 
> that sell hardware, software, and Net services watched their stock prices 
> and company sales fall off a cliff. Now, increasingly, they're starting to 
> point fingers at one group they think is responsible for their troubles: 
> the giants of telecom. At the usually upbeat Agenda conference held this 
> October in Scottsdale, Ariz., Bob Metcalfe, the legendary network pioneer, 
> took the stage and summed up the undertone of discontent when, on a panel 
> about networks, he described the big regional telephone companies as 
> "scumbags." Nobody objected or disagreed.
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> Broadband has the potential to be almost as important as electricity. It's 
> urgent that our nation find a way to roll it out more quickly. Not that 
> accomplishing this will be easy. Telecommunications firms spend hundreds 
> of millions of dollars annually lobbying to protect their interests. But 
> while the tech industry has been relatively silent on these issues, the 
> rumblings at Agenda suggest that is likely to change.
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> [The article is relatively short and I was tempted to include the entire 
> article here but I do want to respect intellectual property even if I m 
> not worried about going to jail or, perhaps, especially if I m not].
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> Bob Frankston
> <http://www.frankston.com>http://www.Frankston.com


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