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Re: Digital cash, micro-payments and cell phones (link)
- From: Edward Wesolowski <ids AT idisplay.com>
- To: "InterNetWorkers" <internetworkers AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
- Subject: Re: Digital cash, micro-payments and cell phones (link)
- Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2002 21:23:05 -0400
>Yeah, AT&T was an innovation powerhouse until the derned federal courts broke it up. There really hasn't been anything >significantly new in telephone technology since then. <g>
Thomas, do you think universal service would have happened without the single AT&T entity?
Yours, advocating for the devil...
Ed W.
At 11:20 PM 4/26/02 -0400, you wrote:
At 06:01 PM 4/26/2002 -0400, you wrote:
This proves a
corollary of the law of increasing returns -- less market fragmentation leads
to faster evolution of related products and services. (Also a good example of
the positive effect that government regulation can have in the technology
sector. In this case, it's esp. impressive as it required cross-border
cooperation.)
Yeah, AT&T was an innovation powerhouse until the derned federal courts broke it up. There really hasn't been anything significantly new in telephone technology since then. <g>
TaB
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Re: Digital cash, micro-payments and cell phones (link),
Edward Wesolowski, 04/28/2002
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- Re: Digital cash, micro-payments and cell phones (link), Thomas Beckett, 04/28/2002
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