Javlik wrote:
> (well, the phone company tried several times, failed with ISDN and
>other services, and now wants to make that money by adding fees to the
>ISP's of their area. Their worst enemy, is the cable company, because the
>cable company alone can bypass the local telephone subscriber loop!)
It seems to me to be a win/win situation for USWest since AFN will buy
their T3 access from USWest. There are very few people here who need ISDN
and fewer still who can afford it. (Most of us Web/software developer types
will easily fit around two or three picnic tables pulled together on the
deck at Ashland Creek Bar & Grill during Thursday night "Hacker"
gatherings.) According to what I've heard, the City will provide T3 access
to ISPs, most of whom have only T1 lines, rather than dial-up service to
the public--thus avoiding the need for a big tech support staff. I suppose
they might also provide dial-up to business clients who need direct
highspeed connections, but I'm real vague on the details. I do know that a
friend who currently colocates her Web hosting server in Texas just bought
a house in the Railroad District so that she'd be on the first loop of the
AFN and would be able to run her server from home.
> If the former win, then the web becomes a chaotic democratic global
>town meeting and bazaar, rich in everything and Totally Out Of Control!
>(Like any good democracy SHOULD be!)
Uhmmm .... I thought that's what it was already!
>
> The thought of a democratic web, filled with kids running home web
>servers instead of paper routes, strikes terror into the hearts of
>advertising agencies, corporations, and government politicians, much as
>the web itself is scaring those in power in Europe! Already, ISP managers
>have been convicted in court in Europe for allowing international
>pornography, etc. to reach the average citizen.
Another concern of opponents is that ill-informed local citizens will blame
the City for the content their kids have access to. I hope our citizenry
isn't that stupid. Ashland is a fairly sophisticated town.
> I think that most things happen by unanticipated side effects.
Yes, I think what's driving the Council's support of AFN if a vague sense
of excitement rather than pure logic. Personally, I think excitement is a
valuable form of inner guidance, so I hope the logic-driven bean-counting
naysayers don't win out.
> Personal automobiles? Bah! There is a potential for selling half a
>million automobiles by the mid 1950's, but only if you endow enough
>chauffeur schools. (Major marketing agency study for Daimler Benz near the
>turn of the century.)
teehee! What? Drivers Ed in every high school! Who'd a thunk it?
Suz
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