Re: [alac] Africa Position Paper on Internet growth through content

[shahshah@xxxxxxxx]

Well it isn't so clear that a statistical study was done. This seems to be
a call by African ISPs for what they consider important. They may be
advocating more use of Internet for educating and informing, or a call for
'content' may just mean a desire for more 'bandwidth'. Further, because so
much of email is web-based, it is hard to differentiate.
Siavash
>> Primarily their interest is driven by the value of content
>> that they locate which is relevant to their lives and business.
>
> That's surprising.  Here in the U.S., despite the myth that "content is
> king" the reality is that what people are willing to pay for is person to
> person communication.  See, for example
> http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue6_2/odlyzko/
>
> Regards,
> John Levine, johnl@xxxxxxxx, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for
> Dummies",
> Information Superhighwayman wanna-be, http://www.johnlevine.com, Mayor
> "I dropped the toothpaste", said Tom, crestfallenly.
>


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