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To: yggdrasil who wrote (10550)	2/25/2001 11:17:36 AM
From: Peter Ecclesine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12823

Hi yggdeasil, >What does a household pay today for cable or EchoStar plus telephone line plus local plus LD plus ISP plus DSL? Sold by the month (except LD) >I have a vision like many others on SI, admittedly longer-term, of a broadband pipe that delivers all of the above with TV and Radio delivered streaming Sold by the month > and VoD on top Pay-per-view not sold by the month > and with as much as you can eat telephone calls anywhere thrown in at the same fixed rate? Cricket sells unlimited local calls, but calls 'anywhere' will always be tariffed by governments. >I think Mike A's figures are in the right ballpark. I think $150 a month a household if mobile is included, $100 a month without mobile > I don't think the solution is in technology Nor do I, the WTO Agreement on Basic Telecommunications of 1997 is being resisted mightily, but reread this five years later: wired.com petere

To: yggdrasil who wrote (10550)	2/25/2001 7:00:25 PM
From: MikeM54321	Respond to of 12823

"Yes, we will have delay in market take-up as always when we have paradigm shifts but otherwise I don't see any unsurmountable technology barriers but I do on the other hand see a regulatory mess and I do see incumbents, the establishment, fighting every which way they can to delay and block. Will the old broadcasting networks like this? Hell no! The old Telcos? Of course not. The content providers, be it film or music? Hardly... yggdrasil- I agree(regulatory). I agree(incumbents). I agree(MPAA, RIAA). Your comments are a one paragraph recap of all my opinions that I've been posting over the last three years on the LMT. And I have to say, from what I read so far I wish Mike Powell was not the FCC chairman. I kind of like what I've read of that Billy T. fellow from somewhere in the South. -MikeM(From Florida)