IP: RE: Re: Another opinion re : Overcoming Barriers to Rural

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

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From: Hal Varian <hal () alfred sims berkeley edu>
Date: Mon,  3 Mar 97 09:07:00 -0800
To: farber () cis upenn edu


On Sun, 02 Mar 1997, Dave Farber wrote:
> There is no need for subsidized connectivity. Other needs (new text
> books, for instance) are far greater.


You are so right.


During the 1980s there were 28,000 for-profit libraries established in the
US.  At these libraries you could rent 10 gigabytes of information overnight
for $3.00.  They used no government subsidies or programs, yet they now
server over 85 percent of American households.


What are they?  Video stores.


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