[governance] Meanwhile, back at Our Space

[Norbert Bollow]

Ian Peter <ian.peter at ianpeter.com> wrote:

> The simple fact is that the mobile business model is a good one for telcos,
> and the Internet model has much lower margins (can't charge premium content
> or by the minute). So given the imperative to greater shareholder returns
> the best return for shareholders comes from expansion of the mobile model.
>
> Nothing technically stops all internet services being delivered by this
> model - so it's a pure economic argument for higher shareholder returns.
> Telcos have been preparing the groundwork on this for some time and there
> are numerous statements arguing the need for premium content.
> 
> The mobile model makes economic sense for telcos. If regulators don't see a
> principle or reason for preservation of net values (net neutrality has been
> a part of this debate) it wont be hard to morph the Internet into something
> entirely different.

In view of the very strong market forces pushing for flatrate internet
access, I think that I'm not likely to take that "it won't be hard"
statement seriously unless you present a convincing argument why there
are no market forces that would prevent the expansion of the "mobile"
business model to the internet.

Greetings,
Norbert.


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Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch>                      http://Norbert.ch
President of the Swiss Internet User Group SIUG    http://SIUG.ch
Working on establishing a non-corrupt and
truly /open/ international standards organization  http://OpenISO.org
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