I remember Doug. He argued that metered billing or data caps were the solution to entertainment driven consumption. In the early 2010's consumption was growing at a CAGR of 15% per year on average. I don't know if it ever slowed down. He was definitely right about the problem, but I think the proposed solution was untenable in the marketplace.
Are any WISPs out there still growing and doing well? On Sat, Oct 3, 2026 at 3:13 PM Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: > Used to come to Animal Farm, owned a Utah WISP called TXOX. Has anybody > kept in touch with him? > > > > I found a LinkedIn profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/douglasclarksme/ > that describes him as “Technical Expert Witness | AI Alignment & RLHF > Specialist”. I had to look up what RLHF means. Profile could mean > anything from much sought after wizard on the leading edge of technology, > to retired WISP owner. > > > > I occasionally think of him and his warnings 15+ years ago that the > “Information Superhighway” was becoming the “Entertainment Superhighway”. > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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