[10868] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Two-way Internet service from Continental Cable?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ari Ollikainen)
Sun Mar 13 01:18:45 1994
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 94 17:47:49 PST
From: ari@es.net (Ari Ollikainen)
To: marty@psilink.com, stpeters@dawn.crd.ge.com, stpeters@swan-song.crd.ge.com
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.
>
As someone who once was involved with broadband RF technology as appled to
packet networking over satellite AND cable, I'm interested to know how
DirectBroadcastSatellite, DBS, fits into your scheme of things. Aren't you
pushing asymmetric communication again?
And what of Privacy? Without end-to-end encryption, hackers will have a
wonderful time copying network traffic...and filtering out useful bits for
possible illegal uses. Adds new meaning to re-cycling...
And what ARE the "few other things"? Cellular data? There ARE places where
basic telephone service is provided AMPS style.
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