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To: ahhaha who wrote (11524)	6/21/1999 11:56:00 AM
From: Ron Dior	Respond to of 29970

I have read over 100 posts in the last 40 minutes and am trying to paint a vivid picture of the whole "monopoly" "open access" issues, through the many viewpoints, attitudes, and different angles many have come up with on this thread. First off I would have to say that comparisons being made to "Ma Bell" are totally invalid. Why? Because times have changed and history does not apply here. We are not talking about one form of technology being made obsolete by another. ie. steam engine/ gas engine, horse and buggy/ automobile, telegraph/ telephone, etc. That was the case with phone lines. New technology/ only game in town! This case scenario cannot be applied to cable. If you assume that cable is the new technology to replace the old then this analogy might work, but would that assumption be correct? I think not. We are entering into a new era of technology. It is moving ahead so rapidly that it no longer rests on the laurels of one medium. Not to say that in a future point in time, a certain form or "medium" will not stand out above the rest. But this is NOT the case a hand! I think it will be many years before this will happen. It could make sense that wireless technology will be the eventuality of all mediums. @ that time, we would have a greater platform for the monopolistic arguments found recently on this thread. Right now we need for governments and lawyers to back off and let ALL of these companies develop at their own pace. When there is no real leader, interference will most definitely slow the technological advances down. My thought is that when a distinct leader appears ( which won't be anytime soon), then there will be a need to "open access" ( lawyers and judges can have a field day). Telecomunications, computers, intranets, cable, wireless, bio-technologies, software developers, palm pilots, storage makers, satelites, video conferencing, and on and on and on..... This is not the same world that it used to be. Before in the world of medicine we would find one or two possible cures for one sickness and develop them. Now we have 1000 possible avenues of 1000 possible cures for each and every sickness. Try to monopolize that! Eventually technology will come to a slowing point once again in which there will be cause for alarm over competition. Fortunately, we will never see it in our or our grand childrens lifetime. Ron Dior