On Mon, Jun 01, 1998 at 02:24:41PM -0400, Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
I think there's a lot of merit to this proposal. When I first signed on with a local Internet provider, the owner explained to me that GEOGRAPHIC proximity does not always equal INTERNET proximity. Back then (1991-92) there was not a lot of infrastructure, so often that couldn't be helped. It's quite different now, though.
No it's not.
There's still little confluence between the two distance metrics. :-)
That wasn't my argument; my argument was that there wasn't a lot that could be done about the lack of confluence. :) Now, with medium-sized cities like Cleveland covered by several different national NSP's as well as regional NSP's and ISP's, there isn't much of a reason that things should stay that way.
You're correct in noting that the infrastructure will support it now, though.
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