an economics lesson for the FCC chairman Re: FCC delays meeting 'til Friday....

Thu Aug 4 01:29:04 UTC 2005

Sigh.  I have posted a longish essay on Center versus Edge that some  
here may enjoy dipping into.

If you believe that new jobs new wealth and new opportunity can only  
be created inside vertical cable co and telco
silos at the center, and that edge based ISPs are like fleas on the  
elephants back then the duopoly is just what we need.

But John Seely Brown, ex ceo of xerox parc doesn't believe it.  He  
and john Hagel have a new book saying that capabilities for wealth  
creation are found at the edge.  (The title is The Only Sustainable  
Edge.)  If these guys are right, and i think they are, then edge  
based community owned and operated networks are the only way forward.

My headline is

Where is New Wealth Created? Center or Edge?

If in the Center, then the Duopoly Makes Sense - If at the Edge, We  
Better Understand How to Build Edge Based and Owned Infrastructure

Why is the US Betting on the Center and the Rest of the World  
Choosing the Edge?

for my essay go to

http://cookreport.com/14.07.shtml

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On Aug 3, 2005, at 11:43 PM, Fergie (Paul Ferguson) wrote:

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> The Federal Communications Commission delayed its monthly meeting  
> as its chairman worked Wednesday to build support for relaxing  
> rules governing high-speed Internet services offered by phone  
> companies. The meeting, scheduled for Thursday, was pushed back to  
> Friday.
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> http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050803/ap_on_go_ot/ 
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> - ferg
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> "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson
>  Engineering Architecture for the Internet
>  fergdawg at netzero.net or fergdawg at sbcglobal.net
>  ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/
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