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September 01, 2007
Disruption Creeps Along
- The Disruption Moves Slowly (Part 1)
Note: I will publish part 2 just before VON Europe Autumn.
One Interesting result of these wireless ATAs is the service piggy-backs on the landline broadband service.
A Tipping point in the home was pointed out this week by MediaMark.
MediaMark stated that 14 % of the US has a cellphone with no landline phone.
While approx 13% of the US has a landline phone with no cellphone.
This is lead to a discussion between some of our friends that I have asked to express here with you all.
Henry Sinnreich starts with the premise that all communication services are in effect the Internet.
From this perspective, I would contend that att, Cablevision, Vodafone, etc. are offering the same thing - Access
But this simple view point can get convoluted as some service providers ride on top of others.
Or as Willie Wimmreuter points out
The basic question to that answer is how to find some sweet-spots that will be honored and payed for by the "End-User" or the"final point of convergence", as Richard Stastny would say
Willie goes on to say... about end user choice
Just for the sake of usage freedom and global reach, the Internet of course will become the network of choice and here I'm with [Henry]
We just made the mistake way to often and sold the "Internet" but not the "advantages" to the user.
So why do we not stop selling the religion and sell the advantages, help or assistance instead. A user will go for it and even pay for if he can use it to his advantage
VoIP, P2P, etc. Instead, I try to help selling things, the user is willing to pay for and by that, the Internet, P2P or whatever will sell implicitly
Henry replied that
EU regulators seem to be enlightened about competition and avoiding such conspiracies like roaming charges.
They also have sympathy for Skype and Skype in mobile phones
Willie in a series of responses gave a good perspective.
Unless these incumbents see the "Internet as a service", they will not be able operate it in an open way and thus they will see providers from other countries and continents selling to their customers whilst they can only sell to customers of their own network
- What they make their living with?
* Voice- calls, SMS, Radio, Voice and Internet access
* Pipe rental
* Power consumption arbitrage
* Interconnect fees
- What will fade away?
* Voice-Call-Charges
* Billing Cost
According to an old study of [a PTT] Billing was nearly as expensive
as their voice income. (Software, staffing, stamps etc.)
of interconnect and freedom of service usage.
* Customers, since they are not open for user selection
So here is my question for you? Do you agree that Access to the Internet is the basic service for all communications going forward? If you are involved in building applications are you concerned that one day you will have to be partner. Do you see the widgets of Google and the hosting of Amazon as part of these strategic issues?
Posted by carl at September 1, 2007 02:13 AM