On Thursday 05 May 2005 11:26 pm, Gabriel Sechan wrote: > From: boblq <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >On Thursday 05 May 2005 09:56 pm, Stewart Stremler wrote: > > > Without the AT&T monopoly, the telephone would have taken a lot longer > > > to become ubiquitous. > > > >Debateable. > > Maybe it would be for cities, but it isn't for rural areas. It takes a lot > of money to run lines to out of the way areas, with a low expected return. > Look at the problems electricity had, and that broadband has today. > > Gabe
Rural electrification came along. Most of Europe and Japan were wired quite effectively by national PTT note: Not regulated profit making monopolies. Government monopolies. The US is practically unique in this. As well as being the the first to recognize that breaking up the monopoly made a lot of sense. boblq -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
