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cheers 2008/2/2, Andres Paglayan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Feb 1, 2008, at 6:20 AM, Matthew Rubenstein wrote: > > > On Fri, 2008-02-01 at 02:42 -0500, Alex Balashov wrote: > >> Matthew Rubenstein wrote: > >> > >>> Lewis says telcos don't innovate and always accidentally caught > >>> up with > >>> outside innovation, that telcos act like they've got a "god given > >>> right" > >>> to make profits just because they've invested money in networks. > >>> That IP > >>> "telephony" is really beyond telephony into "the future of > >>> communications", that the IP convergence is where new money will > >>> come > >>> from as voice and SMS profits decline. That there's huge new > >>> opportunities that telcos aren't able to even think about > >>> tapping, or > >>> care about until others show how. That voice is about to change > >>> after > >>> 100 years, in combination with some other info, the huge > >>> oppportunity. > >> > >> On the other side, there are a lot of CLECs, ITSPs and small > >> independent > >> ISPs that seem to feel they have a "god given right" to make profits > >> despite _not_ having invested in networks, build-out, or any kind of > >> value-creating CAPEX other than resale infrastructure... > >> > >> Don't get me wrong, I like this category of the industry, I'm > >> fundamentally on their side. But it still bears pointing out. > > > > I think the difference is that these telcos have the means to > > *enforce* > > their "god" given "right" to profits, because they physically control > > the infrastructure that CLECs have the merely "1996 Telecom Act" give > > *legal* right to exploit. Lots of people think they have made-up > > rights, > > but the telcos are unique in the power of their prayers, and the tank > > divisions to back them up. > > > > One sweeping illustration is the telcos current campaign to get > > retroactive immunity for several years of serious violations of the > > Constitution and FISA. Before that's even pulled off, they're also > > announcing plans to police content for "piracy", an even more > > fundamental violation of the laws not to parse content. Of course > > all of > > that lawbreaking is to protect their god given right to profits, for > > which they're now buying indulgences. Maybe that "god" is really the > > other guy, who's more into contracts signed in blood. > > -- > > they own the transport media, > it's like being the city traffic controller and owning the streets at > the same time. > > The political change needed to achieve every building to be connected > to the network > using plain tax resources and make the layer 1 belonging to e.g. the > County > is so far to happening that I doubt is possible without a revolution. > > If that utopia ever occurs, > then a fully decentralized peer-to-peer network based on peer trust > to node connection might happen. > > I know you'll say you could it now, but no, you really can't. > > may be some day the "right to communicate thru the internet with a > reasonable bandwidth" becomes a human right. > > > > > > (C) Matthew Rubenstein > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- > > > > asterisk-biz mailing list > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz > > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- > > asterisk-biz mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz > _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
