At 12:56 PM 8/11/00 -0400, Jim Burnes wrote:
>
>While I agree with Tom that AOL sucks rocks etc etc, you paper analogy
>isn't quite correct -- or at least its incomplete. If I sell you paper
>and find out your printing racist drivel with it, it's perfectly
>within my rights to stop selling you paper.
>
>Of course you could always buy paper from someone else or make
>your own.
>
>jim
Quite right, AS LONG AS no papermaker has any government-granted
monopoly. If only AOL paper delivery trucks are allowed on public roads,
something is wrong.
Note that the folks at the other ends of your wires --telcos, elec-cos,
and cablecos, ALL have violence-backed monopolies UNLESS they permit
others to connect. The telcos and recently the electrics (in Ca)
now allow open access. The cable-modem situation still festers.
