cgw123
join:2002-09-13
Moraga, CA
| strange reactionaries
Many of the posts view the proposal as radical. Actually, it seems to be a logical extension of the idea that all Americans deserve to have mail, including people who live where it is expensive to deliver (remember Rural Free Delivery - this seems at least as radical as free wifi). If you read the history of the US Postal Service, it was seen as an important part of unifying the original colonies. |
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calvoiper
join:2003-03-31
Belvedere Tiburon, CA
| Indeed. The Constitution refers to "Post Roads", meaning highways for carrying the mail--a concept which has evolved into the federal Dept. of Transportation.
A friend from the rural Midwest told me yesterday that conversation at the local pump-N-puke has shifted from the price of beans and corn to who's getting 256K and who's getting 512K from the newest (there's THREE!) local wireless provider. In part, this is driven by a local populace hungry for broadband (little DSL or Cable penetration) and a culture where towns are willing to rent out the tops of their water towers and folks don't run around with tinfoil in their hats screaming about electro-magnetic radiation hazards.
It's kinda fun to watch, he says.
calvoiper
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VoIP--the death knell of remaining voice monopolies! |
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