Re: [LI] Re: [free internet connection]

[Sudhakar Chandrasekharan <thaths@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jeffrey Yep proclaimed:
> Me too! What the heck I would love to have one of them. Its a netcitizens
> dream come true in India! I know they've started in US and UK but if they do
> it in India then I'd say we are progressing!

In the Capitalist economy nothing comes free.  The "free" internet access
thing going on in UK is merely free in perception.  The ISP gets a share of
the per-minute charges from the telco.  The business model being if people
perceive internet access to be free, they are going to spend more time
online.  Meaning they pay the telco more money in per-minute telco
charges.  The telco then passes a cut of this on to the ISP.

This model is not rock solid IMO because telcos around the world are moving
towards more competition.  In such a world there would be no per-minute
charges.

Thaths
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