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20mps? Really? A couple of years ago was high speed. If you want that every development in infrastructure is available to everybody in a couple of years you are

• EGreg 12y ago
  Replace "level playing field" with "low barrier to entry". Basicay I think that the markets should be distorted to a small extent to create a "free layer" for people and companies to get started and have safety nets etc.
  • nickik 12y ago
    The problem is that its simply not possible, there will never be a "low barrier to entry" into the space industry, or the airplane industry or many other industrys. The amount of investment required is just to high. I know why people want it, and I think generally that the basic idea is not bad. However the idea that we can controll all markets to achive this goal is just not relistic. This kind of thing was tried in "indian socialism" were they would have permits for every market to controll how many firms operated in each market. All you need is effective banking and low regulatory burden. A safty net is of course nice, but Im not sure I would put it into "low barrier to entry" category.
• EGreg 12y ago
  As for what I think on a particular detail such as 20mbps vs 500kbps ... it shouldn't be up to me, and it shouldn't affect the overall point. The system should have things in place where it would be able to balance the size of the "free layer" against various other expectations in the economy. There are diminishing returns going both ways - having REALLY CRAPPY INTERNET available to poor kids for example who could otherwise create some great stuff online - vs having free high speed wifi on every airplane for everybody.