> Well, shut up, put your money where your mouth is, and start > your own ISP. No, you can't say it's a money problem. Money's > out there for this sort of thing, you just have to sell it to > the right investors. People will give you money for anything > if you sell it right. Can't sell it? Find someone who can who > will. Think that's too much work? Well, now we're at the real > issue, aren't we. Oh, laziness.
Of course, it isn't quite that simple: government regulations often make it very difficult to start up something new, especially if you want to start out small, but get into a highly regulated industry. A very good description of this, from a farmer's perspective, is given in a book called "Everything I Want to Do Is Illegal", by Joel Salatin. I, for one, would like to see the radio spectrum completely opened up. I first read about the idea of Open Spectrum a few months ago, and I was especially surprised at learning about technology that would allow multiple signals to be broadcast on the same frequency--and that, by having lots of receivers and lots of transmitters, it actually made the technology work better! It would be especially good in cities, where every reflection off of a building counts as a transmitter. The main difficulty with this technology is that it requires a lot of computing power, which would be difficult to put in tiny portable devices like cell phones. Regulation prevents abuse, but it is also a burden that sometimes prevents competition as well. I, for one, would like to see regulation cut back greatly, and to see subsidies of any sort removed altogether. ____________________________________________________________ Get Discounts on New Cars Find the Lowest Prices on Cars and Trucks http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3131/4bc3f20515e3217455st06vuc /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
