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Article #344Re: NEWS: Free Wi-Fi still a goer in San Fran'
From: John Higdon
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2008 16:54
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2008 16:54
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In article <nospam-F69FB4.19270718062008@blackdragon.nntpserver.com>, Steve Fenwick <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote: > I maintain that the thing that makes the Internet what the vast majority > want is the freely available use of bandwidth to access data on a whim. > Break that, and we're back to the state of data telecommunications in > the days of per-minute metering--only used sparingly, and not by most. I couldn't have put it better. How long did we suffer with the likes of CompuServe, et al...services which went absolutely nowhere if compared to the Internet? If you have to think for one second about the cost of searching or getting a piece of information, then the premiere feature of the Internet is defeated. The pricing structure of telephony has even reached a point where people don't give a second thought to making a transcontinental call. Would we now make people hesitate to simply check their email because they are nearing their "cap"? The Internet could be killed very easily by putting a usage-sensitive tall gate on it. -- John Higdon +1 408 ANdrews 6-4400
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