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

[<alice@xxxxxxx>]

Would be interesting to know what mistakes  made in North America in 1960s 
and how they were addressed. The desire by AfrISPA is not just more 
bandwidth but use-value for internet, relevant content addresses the 
use-value of the internet as illustrated in the paper

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From: "John L" <johnl@xxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 5:21 PM
Subject: Re: [alac] Africa Position Paper on Internet growth through content


> > 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.
>
> I can't tell from the report what they consider important either.
>
> I just hope they're not repeating the mistakes we made here in North 
> America in the 1990s.
>
> Regards,
> John Levine, johnl@xxxxxxxx, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for 
> Dummies",
> Information Superhighwayman wanna-be, http://iecc.com/johnl, Mayor
> "I dropped the toothpaste", said Tom, crestfallenly.