BBS's/Fidonet were free for the vast majority of users...that's the model that might work, at least in the States. In Canada...there is a bit more trust in the govt :) The problem is of course, 56k doesn't cut it anymore. The only technology I see that fits would be 802.11x...
I actually think a loose knit wireless net, not necessarily connected to the Internet is in the future. As soon as there is a critical mass of people who can buy the $3-400 worth of equipment for a wide range wireless network, and there is some enabling software that builds a p2p network from those connections. -- jon mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Wednesday, July 2, 2003, 10:26:29 AM, you wrote: >>>The internet has never been free, there have always been costs, you may >>>not have realized them, ED> REALLY? ED> But there is (was) a business model to support a free for "consumers" ED> Internet service. It seems no one can support that model to make it work but ED> that makes me curious. ED> I believe in free Internet. I am just not sure what the model is that will ED> make it work. ED> Eric ED> From: "Nick McClure" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ED> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ED> To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ED> Subject: RE: The end of the free Internet ED> Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2003 10:08:18 -0400 ED> The electricity, the tech support ED> The internet has never been free, there have always been costs, you may not ED> have realized them, however you have always had to pay the phone company or ED> somebody else to provide the physical line. You have always had to pay the ED> electric company to power your computer. ED> Your tax dollars pay for the internet access at the library. ED> Nothing is ever free. If you don't pay for it directly, you still will ED> indirectly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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
