[11644] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Need Help Articulating Internet Benefits
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David M. Piscitello)
Tue Apr 12 16:56:56 1994
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 94 10:37:57 EDT
From: "David M. Piscitello" <corecom@tigger.jvnc.net>
Reply-To: dave@corecom.com
To: "Dave Crocker" <dcrocker@mordor.stanford.edu>,
"Monte Hall" <jhall3@mason1.gmu.edu>
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
Ah, David, all we needed was a different forum and we find something
about which we agree:-)
Given the recent interest utilities companies have demonstrated on
becoming Information Superhighway providers, it may be only a matter
of time before the same company that provides heating and cooling
provides you internet access:-)
>At Sat, Monte Hall wrote:
>>To compare the value of the Internet to the value of heat and a/c seems a
>>gross overstatement.
>
>Actually, it doesn't. Fundamental improvements to communication are
>usually on the list of "basic" contributors to physical advances in a
>society, along with manufacturing and transportation improvements. I think
>that the combined innovations of digital communications and packetization
>constitute just such a fundamental advance, by virtue of the flexibility
>and universality offered.
>
>
>Dave
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David M. Piscitello
Core Competence, Inc.
1620 Tuckerstown Road
Dresher, PA 19025 USA
dave@corecom.com
