Ask anybody who has looked at, or is trying to stimulate, broadband access in places where access is spotty, or where higher speeds are wanted, and the revenue model or business model always becomes a top issue.
The reason is simple enough. If existing ISPs thought they could make money, they already would be providing service. So the key issue, for billions of people who have no access, is how to change the economics enough that a sustainable revenue model is possible.
In many cases, proponents believe public-private partnership is one way to prime the pump, even when other ISPs already operate.
Friday, August 2, 2013
Public-Private Access Venture the Answer for Oakland?
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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