It is not a question the Federal Communications Commission appears to think relevant, though.
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Will the "Bell System" Survive?
"Will the Bell system survive?" asks Allan Ramsay. He argues that a "massive transfer of wealth from Bell to VoIP is underway." We can disagree about how large the wealth transfer is, what VoIP is, or whether voice is on its way to becoming a feature, and not a revenue driver at all.
It is not a question the Federal Communications Commission appears to think relevant, though.
It is not a question the Federal Communications Commission appears to think relevant, though.
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
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