> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Brad Knowles > Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 12:48 PM > To: Peter Corlett > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: ISP phishing > > > > At 12:20 PM +0000 2005-06-29, Peter Corlett wrote: > > > Sure Alice has control. Last week, I told my ISP where to > stick their > > shoddy service and took my business elsewhere. > > You're assuming that there are always alternatives > available for > the entire world population. While there may usually be alternatives > available in the most advanced western societies, you would be > surprised at the types of places where you would think that there > have to be alternatives, but in fact there aren't any.
It also assumes that there are real differences in the alternatives in civilized society. In fact, you can only spell "HTTP" so many ways. There are less discernable differences these days. >you would be > surprised at the types of places where you would think that there > have to be alternatives, but in fact there aren't any. There aren't alternatives because of the cost. In other cases the national climate i.e. protectionist of the incumbent or desire to hold it closely for political reasons i.e. China. -M<
