I will say that having run a BBS on Fidonet, MY cost was certainly not free.
> -----Original Message----- > From: jon hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 10:40 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: The end of the free Internet > > > 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
