Well, this is an interesting point. In the UK we have had free ISP's for quite some time, infact I'd say roughly 70% of ISP's now are free and the downside has alsways been the high telecom charges. However starting from last month, telecom companies over here have started giving unmetered net access including the ISP charge from £10 (about $16) per month. Although it isn't totally free, I don't think anyone can argue that at that price it's not a good deal. I wouldn't be surprised if this is mirrored around the world pretty soon with telecom companies basically offering IP down the wire. One other interesting point that stems from this however is that I think it's just a matter of time before Mergers & Monopolies Commisions are set up as telecom companies may be judged as having an unfair edge over traditional ISPs.
I don't see why the net should be exempt from tax. Just because the medium in which sales are made has changed shouldn't change everything else. Not taxing net sales, will only mean longer, higher taxation on non-net sold goods
The author of the original piece thought that this is the logical conclusion for streaming media, however I disagree with that. I feel that this is just the start of a new kind of broadcast service, that in the not to distant future will fuse together with other net technoligies and form the greatest evolutionary change to TV since the cathode ray tube. Soon, TV will no longer be a flat, 2 dimensional, one way medium, it will have the community spirit of the web along with the interaction to keep people's attention.....I can't wait:-)
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Well, this is an interesting point. In the UK we have had free ISP's for quite some time, infact I'd say roughly 70% of ISP's now are free and the downside has alsways been the high telecom charges. However starting from last month, telecom companies over here have started giving unmetered net access including the ISP charge from £10 (about $16) per month. Although it isn't totally free, I don't think anyone can argue that at that price it's not a good deal. I wouldn't be surprised if this is mirrored around the world pretty soon with telecom companies basically offering IP down the wire. One other interesting point that stems from this however is that I think it's just a matter of time before Mergers & Monopolies Commisions are set up as telecom companies may be judged as having an unfair edge over traditional ISPs.
I don't see why the net should be exempt from tax. Just because the medium in which sales are made has changed shouldn't change everything else. Not taxing net sales, will only mean longer, higher taxation on non-net sold goods
The author of the original piece thought that this is the logical conclusion for streaming media, however I disagree with that. I feel that this is just the start of a new kind of broadcast service, that in the not to distant future will fuse together with other net technoligies and form the greatest evolutionary change to TV since the cathode ray tube. Soon, TV will no longer be a flat, 2 dimensional, one way medium, it will have the community spirit of the web along with the interaction to keep people's attention.....I can't wait :-)