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May 08, 2006
Broadband competition -- more options
David Isenberg also saw Susan Crawford's post, and weighed in with some competition-building thoughts of his own.
David sums up the last 10 years of slow-moving broadband rollouts quite nicely -- read the post, and then ask if you really want AT&T, Verizon, etc. to be in charge of the future of Internet access here in the U.S.
David's alternate method of access involves a leap of faith:
Find new network architectures that do not have the barrier of high fixed costs. Mesh networks.
As much as I'd like to believe in the power of wireless, right now I believe that the power of walls has the stronger magic. Until Intel and others (Motorola?) innovate to make walls disappear (as barriers to broadband), I can't see wireless options fully replacing the power of a wired connection.
But I want to be convinced otherwise!
Posted by paul at May 8, 2006 01:06 PM