[9357] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Cost vs benefit of internet services (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jim Thompson)
Thu Dec 30 10:55:55 1993
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 93 09:55:09 CST
From: jim@tadpole.com (Jim Thompson)
To: com-priv@psi.com, digex@ss1.digex.net
> Karl is right; the pipe and the bits are the least of it. It is the
> support infrastructure that costs the most money, and that will become
> the real difference.
I've heard this a lot. The objection seems to come from folks who
think they can go a long way toward solving their own problems, and
thus don't want to pay for said support infrastructure. (Esp if they
don't plan on using the link during the hours when its expensive to
get 'good' people.)
Seems to me that if the demand for the cannonical 'pipe and bits, no
support' connection is there, someone ought to fill it, and get rich
in the process.
Jim
