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Fw: Re: IP: Story on broadband reform efforts
From: David Farber <dfarber () earthlink net>
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 08:52:30 -0400
-----Original Message----- From: Sid Karin <skarin () ucsd edu> Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 18:04:15 To: farber () cis upenn edu Subject: Re: IP: Story on broadband reform efforts Dave,
There are a lot of pieces to the broadband puzzle, he said, and the FCC does not have jurisdiction over all of them. For example, even if broadband is available to all Americans, subscriptions automatically would be constrained by the number of households that own a computer.
This is a static analysis of a dynamic situation. I don't know what would happen if broadband were ubiquitously available, but I don't think that the FCC does either. It seems reasonable to expect that new services and new devices would become available. Some might require a computer (keyboard, mouse, screen and pizza box), but some might might not contain a visible computer; think TiVo for example. I wonder how many people have a Tivo or similar device, but "don't have a computer"? And what are the projections for the next year? Or 5 years? Cheers, ........Sid -- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Sidney Karin, Ph.D., P.E. 858-534-5075 (voice) 858-534-5064 (fax) skarin () ucsd edu Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering San Diego Supercomputer Center University of California, San Diego 9500 Gilman Drive La Jolla, CA 92093-0505 For archives see: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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