[10465] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: bill to insure flat rate Internet email pricing (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William Manning)
Thu Feb 24 13:46:07 1994
From: bmanning@is.rice.edu (William Manning)
To: clays@panix.com (Clay Shirky)
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 94 7:59:18 CST
Cc: bmanning@is.rice.edu, love@essential.org, bzs@world.std.com, welch@oar.net,
In-Reply-To: <199402241352.AA22931@panix.com>; from "Clay Shirky" at Feb 24, 94 8:52 am
Clay sez:
> > The one analogy that I come up with is Chile, where -every- packet into
> > and outof the borders is metered. If I remember correctly, the attempt
> > was to "average out the costs" amoung users. This had the unfortunate
> > side affect of stifling use and drove "average cost" through the roof.
> > Not much traffic from Chile these days... :-(
>
> This is colonialism. If Chilean policies are bad, that is an issue
> between the Chilean government and its people.
>
Quite correct. And if we choose to place the noose of colonialism around
our own necks then we get what we deserve. Free information exchange
with other people on the globe will -STOP-, and we will be backwatered.
Perhaps Canada or Mexico might be good places to be... :-)
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Regards,
Bill Manning
