My wife says "ubiquitous" doesn't work in a slogan--imagine trying to
get a crowd to shout it at a rally... :)
Latest version:
What do we want in the Internet?
"Fast. Affordable. Open. EVERYWHERE."
--- Rob Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "Ubiquitous Affordable High-Speed Internet with Amenity Wifi" - quite
> a
> mouthful.
>
> How about
>
> Fight for your Internet: Fast. Ubiquitous. Affordable. Open.
>
>
>
>
> --- Dana Spiegel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > posted at http://www.wirelesscommunity.info/2006/03/15/stop-using-
> > broadband/
> >
> > Stop using Broadband
> >
> > No, I don't mean that you should cancel your high-speed internet
> > connection. What I mean is: Stop using the term "broadband".
> >
> > I think that we need to change how we argue our points against the
>
> > teleco and cable monopolies. You see, "Broadband" isn't the
> internet.
> >
> > Its just a way to get access to the internet. Most other countries
>
> > understand this, but in the USA, we're so blinded by the marketing
>
> > and PR of our Telco and Cable companies, that instead of pushing
> for
> >
> > high-speed access to the internet, something that should be
> available
> >
> > to everyone (you should especially know this if you read this
> blog!),
> >
> > we're talking about "Universal Broadband".
> >
> > "Universal Broadband" has a great ring to it. But its wrong.
> > Broadband is a marketing term that has been co-opted by Telco and
> > Cable companies to mean whatever "high-speed" network *they*
> provide.
> >
> > And this is where things get confused. We're starting to see
> > legislation that promotes "Universal Broadband", which is good in
> > theory. But when we phrase it like that, we're implicitly promoting
>
> > certain ways to get high-speed internet access. In effect, we're
> > using legislation and our own PR efforts to market for the type of
>
> > crappy, slow, restricted internet access that our Telco and Cable
> > companies offer.
> >
> > *Instead, we should be pushing for and talking about "High-speed
> > Internet", high-speed connections to that cloud of services and
> > content that we're all providing for each other, in whatever form
> > makes sense to you, the end user.* In many cases, it will be
> > broadband dsl and broadband cablemodem service. But it might also
> me
> >
> > your local municipal or private Wi-Fi network, or satellite-based
> > service. Or something we haven't thought of yet.
> >
> > Dana Spiegel
> > Executive Director
> > NYCwireless
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > www.NYCwireless.net
> > +1 917 402 0422
> >
> > Read the Wireless Community blog: http://www.wirelesscommunity.info
> >
> >
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