[IP] more on more on Summary for Congress of proposed NN Act Proposal
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From: steven cherry <steven@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: June 21, 2006 10:31:54 AM EDT
To: David Farber <dave@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [IP] more on Summary for Congress of proposed NN Act
Proposal
From: Gerry Faulhaber <gerry-faulhaber@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: June 21, 2006 10:07:41 AM EDT
The question is: with all the railing against "monopoly" BB
providers, and all the rant about how well it works in Korea, how
come we haven't seen competitive entry? And with all the hype
about unlicensed wireless as the answer to the maiden's prayer, how
come we have almost no private entry into wireless BB (except
Clearwire)? I'll bet if all those great entrepreneurs spent less
time writing outraged letters to Congress, IP, etc., and more time
building a business plan to offer competitive BB, all our problems
would be solved. And yet, and yet....where are the competitors?
Why so much whining and so little market entry? Come on, guys; if
it's a great business for Comcast/Verizon (highly questionable,
actually) then it should be a great business for you. Yeah, it's
you I'm talkin' to, buddy.
Professor Faulhaber would do well to remember a saying that probably
goes back to Aristotle: One person's modus ponens is another's
modus tollens. If all of America's business acumen, technical smarts,
and entrepreneurial spirit can't put together a competitive
service, perhaps it's not a competitive marketplace after all.
Regards,
--
Steven Cherry, +1 212-419-7566
Senior Associate Editor
IEEE Spectrum, 3 Park Ave, New York, NY 10016
<s.cherry@xxxxxxxx> <http://spectrum.ieee.org>
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