[9366] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Cost vs benefit of internet services (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Karl Denninger)
Thu Dec 30 22:29:42 1993
From: karl@mcs.com (Karl Denninger)
To: jim@tadpole.com (Jim Thompson)
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1993 21:28:59 -0600 (CST)
Cc: com-priv@psi.com, digex@ss1.digex.net
In-Reply-To: <9312301555.AA21687@tadpole.Tadpole.COM> from "Jim Thompson" at Dec 30, 93 09:55:09 am
> > 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.
It is there. Someone does fill it. In ways you might not agree with, but
the demand is still filled.
The free market is a wonderful thing. It provides what the customer wants
to buy most of the time, and it usually doesn't take long to provide it.
Including things the Government really wants you <not> to buy.
If people think they can provide this service to the marketplace at a
significantly lower cost, and that people are getting "gouged" then c'mon
in and play with the rest of us. I like a healthy competitive market.
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