[9902] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: networkMCI ads
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert G. Moskowitz)
Wed Jan 26 08:06:37 1994
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 94 07:57 EST
From: "Robert G. Moskowitz" <0003858921@mcimail.com>
To: compriv <com-priv@psi.com>
In all of this discussion on megamonopolies and advertisement, I wonder
about a couple of things.
First of all, I work for Chrysler in IS. Started with AMC in '78 and was
part of the purchase package :)
I now do networking technologies (not installs) and I also write for Network
Computing.
At last year's INTEROP I learned about Mr. Gilders (sp?) TELECOSM and read
the parts about work at 28Gh and a couple concepts and questions come to
mind.
'Monopolies' develop where there is a high entry cost. I know how much it
REALLY costed AMC to build the Bramelea plant outside of Toronto. I see how
much we spend on plant modernizations with each major crank-up of the
manufacturing process. Installing phone switches, cables, and cell towers
is also capital intensive. However, software writing is 'cheap' (marketing
might not be).
The thing that impressed me with the 28Gh data cellular was the potential
low cost of entry (Gilder claimed $5k per cell for the transmission
equipment) and even with a radius of 3mi per cell, this is very effective
for suburbia penitration. Thus it seems that competition in data
communications for the local loop COULD florish if the FCC will allow use of
these frequencies, and the big establish players do not kill the technology.
Now for the question:
Is any real work being done with 28Gh wireless? Or have the PACBELL and
others bought and killed the technology?
Bob Moskowitz
