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Posted by Eric Law [Email] (more from Eric Law) on Mon, 11 Jul 2011 14:39:02
In Reply to: Re: Perhaps..., Reality, Mon, 11 Jul 2011 12:06:32
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You seem to be very selective, and in some cases incorrect in your use of facts - when you present them at all.
First: please cite an authoritative source to back up your statement that "Al Gore claims to have invented the Internet". That claim is repeated over and over again by conservatives and the conservative media but there are no facts to back it up because it is not true.
Next, you claim that if the government regulated the phone system there would only be telephones in firehouses. When I was growing up in the 1960's and '70's the phone system was tightly regulated by the government. We, everyone I knew, and everyone *they* knew had a telephone. I am not aware of any adult in the town I grew up in that wanted a telephone and did not have one. Yes, most of the children didn't but somehow they managed to survive anyway ;^)
From my recollection, the cost of most things except long distance (which I'll freely admit has gotten cheaper) was lower, and the service was much better (static on the line was considered an actual problem and not just a whiny customer to be ignored). It was obvious just from looking that they spent a lot more time & resources on line maintenance and related things (like keeping tree branches away from the wires) and the result was much higher uptime. I've had more trouble with landline phone service in the last 10 years than in the preceeding 30. Also included in the cost of service (by mandate initially then optionally) was one or more telephones that were of much higher quality and durability than anything you can buy today. If you have factual information that contradicts this, please provide it.
And as far as the Inernet's capabilities, it performed what it was designed to do, and more. Exactly how much use would there have been for a 20 megabit fiber Internet connection for your TRS-80 with (dual!) 140K floppy drives? Excess capability can waste money and resources just as well as insufficient capability can.
And as far as address space goes, I don't quite understand what you're saying: RFC 791, which outlined IPV4, was published in 1981!
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Posts in this Thread:
- OT: Space shuttle, Eric Law, Fri, 8 Jul 2011 05:53:10
- Please..., Eric Law, Mon, 11 Jul 2011 04:46:52
- Re: OT: Space shuttle, brick8, Fri, 8 Jul 2011 12:09:07
- I'll cheer..., nwas, Fri, 8 Jul 2011 08:34:19
- It's been quite a while, AdamB
, Tue, 12 Jul 2011 09:33:51 - I guess we should all still be living in caves......, MI-Roger
, Sat, 9 Jul 2011 13:06:57- That would be the result, Reality, Sat, 9 Jul 2011 13:56:06
- Re: That would be the result, Eric Law, Sun, 10 Jul 2011 18:10:50
- Re: That would be the result, Reality, Sun, 10 Jul 2011 21:37:54
- Re: That would be the result, James, Mon, 11 Jul 2011 06:51:50
- Perhaps..., Eric Law, Mon, 11 Jul 2011 04:43:19
- Re: Perhaps..., TML
, Tue, 12 Jul 2011 10:40:16- Yeah, Eric Law, Wed, 13 Jul 2011 04:12:02
- Re: Perhaps..., Reality, Tue, 12 Jul 2011 11:43:36
- Re: Perhaps..., Reality, Mon, 11 Jul 2011 12:06:32
- Uh..., Eric Law, Mon, 11 Jul 2011 14:39:02 <-- Viewing This Message
- Re: Uh..., Reality, Mon, 11 Jul 2011 15:08:54
- Re: Uh..., kkelley, Wed, 13 Jul 2011 15:12:11
- Agree!, Reality, Fri, 8 Jul 2011 16:36:58
- Re: I'll cheer..., TML
, Fri, 8 Jul 2011 14:20:12 - I think I can handle 0.5% of the federal budget, rob 96 aero, Fri, 8 Jul 2011 11:27:00
- Re: I'll cheer..., NCCaniac
, Fri, 8 Jul 2011 09:26:41
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