>>The internet has never been free, there have always been costs, you may >>not have realized them, REALLY?
But there is (was) a business model to support a free for "consumers" Internet service. It seems no one can support that model to make it work but that makes me curious. I believe in free Internet. I am just not sure what the model is that will make it work. Eric From: "Nick McClure" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: The end of the free Internet Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2003 10:08:18 -0400 The electricity, the tech support The internet has never been free, there have always been costs, you may not have realized them, however you have always had to pay the phone company or somebody else to provide the physical line. You have always had to pay the electric company to power your computer. Your tax dollars pay for the internet access at the library. Nothing is ever free. If you don't pay for it directly, you still will indirectly. > -----Original Message----- > From: Heald, Tim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 9:59 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: The end of the free Internet > > How would you implement that exactly? Who would pay for the cable, > routers, > switches, firewalls, servers and everything else that goes into > maintaining > even the most basic connections? > > Timothy Heald > Information Systems Specialist > Overseas Security Advisory Council > U.S. Department of State > 571.345.2235 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Eric Dawson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 9:47 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: The end of the free Internet > > > I think the Internet should be free... > > Eric > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
