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Fred Baker wrote:
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I realize that this is not the dream we had 20 years ago. Oh, yes, I
realize that. On alternate Tuesdays, I have to at least nod at the
existence of the real world... Basically, the question is not whether
you would like the companies to be telcos. The question is how to offer
the services that people are in fact demanding that the Internet
provide to them.
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I think that some care needs to be taken here. We know well that the
internet (and telco, and TI) market is largely buzzword driven. From
the customer point of view, and from the provider´s as well. People are
often pushed to believe they need tnings that prove useless with time. <br>
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We should also not underestimate the conservativeness of customers. I
think that much of what is called "user needs" is in fact no more
than a reaction of customers against the new communication pradaigms
the Internet propose them, a desesperate attempt to make the new tools
behave the way they are used to.<br>
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An exemple: we see a lot of companies buying VPN when all they needed
was N (network). Not totaly useless: at least the telcos make a lot of
money selling people an "enhanhed quality" connection that, most of the
time, if not all the time, will behave exectly as well as an ordinary
Internet connection.<br>
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I am stiil a believer of the old dream. <span class="moz-smiley-s1"><span>
:-) </span></span><br>
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I admit that there is a "real world", made of people that will not
sleep well if they cannot see the circuits in what they sell and buy.
This is not a real world to conform to. This a world to change.<br>
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-- Alexandre.<br>
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