[10860] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Two-way Internet service from Continental Cable?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Martin L. Schoffstall)
Sat Mar 12 19:31:31 1994
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 1994 15:57:50 +0000
From: "Martin L. Schoffstall" <marty@psilink.com>
To: <stpeters@dawn.crd.ge.com>, stpeters@swan-song.crd.ge.com (Dick St.Peters)
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
> >From one perspective (size), yes. From another (location), it tilts
> the playing field even more steeply. The networking that was supposed
> to free people from the need to concentrate in urban areas is turning
> into just one more business necessity not available in the countryside,
> one more reason why the rural poor won't see many of the new jobs.
>
It is possible, but I think the cable operators are going to do many cities
scattered throughout the US.
And with DBS and a few other things rural vs city might just go away.
Marty
