[Outages-discussion] Internet "backbone"

[Jay Ashworth]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert Brockway" <robert at timetraveller.org>

> On Sat, 19 Nov 2011, Barry Greene wrote:
> > On Nov 19, 2011, at 6:06 AM, Robert Brockway wrote:
> >> "What is Free and Open Source Software?" and the next one is "How
> >> the Internet works".
> >
> > I would be interested in how you walk through the economics of how
> > each are sustainable.
> 
> I've actually spent quite some time looking at the sustainability of
> FOSS and this is reflected in the presentation. A follow-up essay will go
> in to more detail.
> 
> The sustainability of the Internet is an interesting one. I've felt for a
> long time that the integration of networking in to our every day lives
> will mean that the cost of funding the network will be factored in to
> business or infrastructure (government) costs. The network is starting
> to be viewed as a utility. Before long basic broadband will be a right
> for citizens/residents in many developed nations. It already is in Finland
> apparently.
> 
> Are we too off-topic now?

"No."

Cheers,
-- jra
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