[IP] Re: The United States is facing a crisis in broadband connectivity - again the madness of same old

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: William S. Duncanson [caesar@starkreality.com]
Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2008 12:57 AM
To: David Farber; ip
Cc: bob37-2@bobf.frankston.com
Subject: RE: Re:   The United States is facing a crisis in broadband connectivity - again the madness of same old

IMHO, part of the problem with today's broadband philosophies is that those philosophies are still rooted in the days of the dial-up Internet.  High oversubscription and asynchronous communications are dial-up legacies.  Increasingly, content is generated at the edges, and not by a handful of content providers, and this is pointing out the weakness in the US broadband strategy.

I expect the TelCos and CableCos will continue to "not get it" and continue increasing restrictions on what users can and can't do.

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William S. Duncanson
caesar@starkreality.com

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