On 12/20/04, Darrell Owen wrote: > When an Internet infrastructure can expand delivery of education, > economic opportunity, expand markets, improve health care, improve > agricultural production or increase prices paid to the farms for their > crops, then the benefits will likely be such as to overcome any downside > arguments associated with subsidizations associated with building the > infrastructure. ...snip... > And as Cornelio points out, doing without subsidies would be better than > with them if the local economics make this possible. In many locations > it simply doesn't. ...snip...
I wonder: if the first is true "bringing opportunities etc.", why not then the second "local economics make this possible" or else if not the second -In many locations it simply doesn't- why not then the first -new economic (!) opportunities-? To put it straight: if the new economic opportunities, expanded markets, improved agricultural production and increased prices don't even pay for the small fraction of ICT-costs (return of investment, operation) such that ICT still has to be subsidized to become economically feasible... then I'm awfully sorry but this ICT-investment is simply and purely -economically- a waste of resources (or the opportunities etc., are a hoax). Yours, Cornelio ------------ ***GKD is solely supported by EDC, a Non-Profit Organization*** To post a message, send it to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To subscribe or unsubscribe, send a message to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. In the 1st line of the message type: subscribe gkd OR type: unsubscribe gkd Archives of previous GKD messages can be found at: <http://www.edc.org/GLG/gkd/>
