[1886] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: The NREN and Regulation
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (sean mclinden)
Mon Jan 6 10:35:25 1992
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 92 10:20:41 -0500
From: sean@dsl.pitt.edu (sean mclinden)
To: farber@central.cis.upenn.edu, perry@MCL.Unisys.COM, sac@apple.com
Cc: com-priv@psi.com, cook@tmn.com
Steve Cisler (sac@apple.com) quoting Riccardo Petrella writes:
> He concludes on a note of optimism: "...to solve the problems I have
> described..is only a matter of the willful use of science and technology for
> another purpose than serving the imperatives of market competition."
Or of having sufficient imagination to recognize new markets where none
were, previously, appreciated. Unfortunately, Al Weis' comments on ANS
to the contrary, the telecommunications and information science industries
are not exactly known for their use of imagination or risk taking to
create new markets.
Some people view "regulation" as equivalent to "restriction." Rather,
I view it as a tool by which the regulating agency helps the vendor
to develop new markets by forcing them to apply resources to an area
which they would, otherwise, overlook.
Perhaps I am naive. But I believe that it can be profitable to address
the social needs identified by Petrella and contained in Steve Cisler's
posting. I'm just not sure that the biggest players (i.e. the people
with the *resources* to address these needs) have the imagination required
to know how to do it in a way which is both profitable and equitable.
Sean McLinden
