Re: [videoblogging] Re: Google Video IS A TRAP!

[Ron Watson]

The point of the whole thing was that it was a noble cause when it was being developed, a noble cause led by people just like you, hell maybe even by you. It was going to be the information superhighway then. Then the market took over. There were benefits of the market taking over, for sure, but as I tried to illustrate in my T1 line story, the barrier to entry to doing something serious tripled.  If they go and separate internet into different markets we are screwed. I don't know how feasible that is from a technical standpoint, but from a business standpoint it makes more sense. Better to charge a whole lot to a few customers who are willing to pay it than to deal with the swarms of tiny customers like video bloggers.  I am going to have to stop doing this...just have to learn when to keep my mouth shut I guess. ron On Dec 24, 2005, at 12:55 PM, Deirdre Straughan wrote: On 12/24/05, Ron Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have been posting video online since 1998, you know back in the days of the Information Superhighway, and back then, in Dallas, a T1 line was $800.  Enter eBusiness and what happened? Bandwidth tripled in a year. Just like that, I was priced out of the game. The reason I was priced out of the game is that, unlike AOL, or Viacom, I ACTUALLY HAVE TO PAY FOR MY BANDWIDTH, I cannot write it off, or if I could right it off, I could not afford the $30k/year to run Frisbeedog videos. The Information Superhighway I don't think was ever defined as "you can have a T1 line out of your own house for damn near nothing." And why would you need it? As long as you've got any access at all, there are a zillion or so servers out there, both free and paid, light and dark net, where you can place your material and make it accessible to anybody. If you insist on someone else paying for the bandwidth needed to view your videos, then you can expect that somewhere along the way they will need/want to make money to cover their costs, and advertising is one fairly painless route. If advertising is abhorrent to you, be prepared to pony up, or try to get people to pay a subscription. -- best regards, Deirdré Straughan www.beginningwithi.com (personal) www.tvblob.com (work) YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS  Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.