On July 13, 2014 at 11:42 randy@psg.com (Randy Bush) wrote:
ahhh. so
not government regulated == wild west
got it
Let's not forget that the big players in all this have cross-subsidized from huge, government-protected monopolies or very-small-N oligopolies in cable, phone services and wire plants, etc. To now suggest that non-governmental business processes would be superior to arbitrate interconnects etc seems, to me, highly disingenuous as a principled position. Let Comcast, TW, AT&T, Verizon, etc relinquish their monopoly protections and then perhaps we can see something resembling a free and open business climate evolve. Even that would deny that they already have become vast and powerful on these govt-mandated sinecures. I'd argue it's not the wild west inasmuch as it's more like the old joke about three wolves and a sheep voting on dinner. But the imagery of range wars is apt. -- -Barry Shein The World | bzs@TheWorld.com | http://www.TheWorld.com Purveyors to the Trade | Voice: 800-THE-WRLD | Dial-Up: US, PR, Canada Software Tool & Die | Public Access Internet | SINCE 1989 *oo*