On Mon, 10 May 1999, Steve Zielinski wrote:
> for a different region etc. Right now, as I understand it, much of the
> information on the internet is sent via transmission systems separate
> from the telephone industry in general. Perhaps someone can correct me,
> but I do not think the back bone of the internet is exclusively at&t
> lines.
Some pretty good points Steve. Not only is billing going to change but
much more will change. Far beyond anything I can imagine right now. Once
you have tied telephone, T.V., information, video phone, electronic
billing, and who knows whatelse, together. We will be looking at a pretty
different world. It should be interesting and a bit scary. I hope the
privacy advocates stay ontop of things.
As a person who spends all day in an office working on computers, I feel
the strong need to spend all weekend outside enjoying fresh air, nature,
and physical interaction with other human beings. I wonder what the
societal changes will be like in the future. But that's a topic for a
different discussion group.
BTW. I believe most of the back-bone for the Inet is actually owned and
maintained by MCI not AT&T. They are the ones that got the many of the
contracts to string T1 between universities.
Later.
> > Steve
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