Felipe T. Dorado (2:345/702) wrote to Michiel van der Vlist at 13:32 on 05 Dec 2002:


 MV> We may one day dearly regret having put all our eggs in
 MV> thy basket of the InterNet.

 FTD> Curious that while debating this same point a couple of years ago
 FTD> in one of our regional echoes I used that very same sentence  :)

Felipe, I would think that both you and Michiel should already feel regret
about having put all your eggs in the POTS basket.:-)

 FTD> Exactly, more than. It is a question of degrees and not a binary
 FTD> one.

As an end user, please explain to me and the rest here why you have more
control over your POTS network then Internet users have over their global
network. 

 FTD> Yes, I believe that too.  Adding to the network is good,
 FTD> substituting, on the other hand, is simply risky business.

If adding to the network is good, why do those of us who do that get static
from you and Michiel?

 FTD> Agreed. And who says that Fido cannot grow except through Inet? 
 FTD> It may be so for people who it's been years and even more than a
 FTD> decade that have been using POTS. They may consider it obsolete.
 FTD> If it were I could not use it, you could not read me and Fido
 FTD> would not have such a potential huge base of possible users.

Unless or until Fido can develop a decent graphics user interface and a
means of connection other than POTS, it will have no "potential huge
base of possible users".  Even the number of Internet users who use
modems to connect to the Internet are shrinking and modems are becoming are
beast indeed.

 FTD> Why is it that people turn to radio when they really want to know
 FTD> the news about something?  Do they not have TV?  Yes, they do, but
 FTD> they trust radio and distrust TV for info on serious things.

I would call that an over-generalization.  My two sources for information
are now Television and the World Wide Web while radio serves as background.
.
 FTD> Inet, while being the future, has still to earn that respect. 

That may be true in Spain but I would not bet my last nickel on that elsewhere.

Take care,

Steven Horn (steven_a_horn{at}yahoo.ca)
Moderator, ALASKA_CHAT 
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