Saturday, February 10, 2007
The Internet may face a Darwinian extinction
By the accountants.
Accounting firm Deloitte and Touche say "Prices are likely to have to rise, if not for the sake of preserving neutrality a the retail consumer end of the market, then for the sake of allowing telecommunications companies, ISPs, and backbone providers, greater headroom for investment in new capacity. Precipitous downward pressure on backbone interconnect prices, paid by internet companies, ISPs and telecommunications firms, has left IP backbone providers with little incentive to light existing and new fiber."
In other word they will price it out of the pocket of consumers who do not simply want crap TV, and possibly even for those who do want crap TV. More details here.
IMO: We can only hope it will not happen.
Accounting firm Deloitte and Touche say "Prices are likely to have to rise, if not for the sake of preserving neutrality a the retail consumer end of the market, then for the sake of allowing telecommunications companies, ISPs, and backbone providers, greater headroom for investment in new capacity. Precipitous downward pressure on backbone interconnect prices, paid by internet companies, ISPs and telecommunications firms, has left IP backbone providers with little incentive to light existing and new fiber."
In other word they will price it out of the pocket of consumers who do not simply want crap TV, and possibly even for those who do want crap TV. More details here.
IMO: We can only hope it will not happen.
# posted by uv : 6:44 AM
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