The only reason these monopolies and duopolies exist is because government regulations give them exclusive access to the consumers. This practice is counter to the concept of a free market, and creates monopolies. You speak of ATT as if its dumping toxic waste into the local river. I hardly think raising rates by 7 dollars constitues that response. In fact, if you do value democracy and a free market, as you say, you would understand that a company should be allowed to charge any price it likes for its services. Of course, for this to work, the regulations need to be toned down or removed entirely.
The FCC set a restriction on modem connect speeds of 53k (somewhere near that, anyway). I do wonder if the cable modem and DSL business would have ever come about, if not for that restriction. When the government messes with the rules, strange things happen.
Well sure, Ginger was developed by a team, but Kamen has a long history of invention, much of which came before he had a team. Case in point, he invented a wheelchair that could climb stairs.
There's no doubt that collaboration acchieves much faster inventive success, but to suggest that individual invention is defunct is rather short-sighted, imho.
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The only reason these monopolies and duopolies exist is because government regulations give them exclusive access to the consumers. This practice is counter to the concept of a free market, and creates monopolies. You speak of ATT as if its dumping toxic waste into the local river. I hardly think raising rates by 7 dollars constitues that response. In fact, if you do value democracy and a free market, as you say, you would understand that a company should be allowed to charge any price it likes for its services. Of course, for this to work, the regulations need to be toned down or removed entirely. The FCC set a restriction on modem connect speeds of 53k (somewhere near that, anyway). I do wonder if the cable modem and DSL business would have ever come about, if not for that restriction. When the government messes with the rules, strange things happen.
Well sure, Ginger was developed by a team, but Kamen has a long history of invention, much of which came before he had a team. Case in point, he invented a wheelchair that could climb stairs. There's no doubt that collaboration acchieves much faster inventive success, but to suggest that individual invention is defunct is rather short-sighted, imho.