Bingo.
What they are really saying is:
"We're _telling_ you that you need it because we need new
ways to generate additional revenue."
Cheers,
- ferg
And not by offering you anything you might want to buy, either, but by setting up wanky little tollbooths.
Long story short (excerpt from an email I sent to Tony
Bates and Larry Lang):
[...]
How many of these are in place today? Well, clearly google
is building out, so there is potential for (i). to occur
any day now. Likewise (ii) (linksys gear with 4 tunable
radios, North-South WiMAX, east west 802.11bag, and
you're there). Finally, (iii). has an existence proof
that has all but wiped out the recording industry, plus
gtalk, skype, vonage, ... So is the telco industry far
behind?
A few folks have mentioned that "wiped out" might be too
strong (which I agree with), and I had changed that to
"restructuring", but some how that didn't get into the
note I sent.
So to those who send those corrections on "wiped out",
thanks, and I'll update with your suggestions.
Dave