roundtable: Re: conduit, content, and monopoly control

roundtable: Re: conduit, content, and monopoly control

Re: conduit, content, and monopoly control

DDeBar (Spikey@BestWeb.net)
Sun, 17 Aug 1997 20:54:02 -0400 

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From: "DDeBar" <Spikey@BestWeb.net>
To: <roundtable@cni.org>
Subject: Re: conduit, content, and monopoly control
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 1997 20:54:02 -0400


I would like to suggest something to those of you with the requisite time.
Go to your local hall of records, land records office, wherever they keep
the deed records in your area. Look at the many electric and telephone
easements filed there, from 1880's forward. You will see the name changes,
consolidation, etc., of the players as it developed. Then, post this
information (in abbreviated, time-line fashion) to people near you, the
next county, state, etc., and look at how we got here. Seeing it in black
and white is somehow more convincing. Then, consider that this is a likely
model of development for the new information technologies. 

I thank Richard for this VERY enlightening post. I especially agree that it
is essential to consider what the telco's, etc., believe to be in their
interest if you are going to try to predict their behaviour.

DDeBar


Don DeBar
<spikey@bestweb.net>

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