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Re: Whose Fault is the Bandwidth Expended Over Ads?
Subject:Re: Whose Fault is the Bandwidth Expended Over Ads? From:Richard Lippincott <rlippinc -at- BEV -dot- ETN -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 22 Feb 1995 08:30:13 EST
John Gear talked about the chaos of the early days of radio broadcasting in
the US, and said"
>Here on the net we are almost certainly condemned to repeat this sad
>experience if we do not learn from it.
Very true. I have not read the McChesney book you cited, but as a former
broadcaster I'm familiar with the history of the times. Most people alive
today are unaware that an entire government agency (the Federal Communications
Commission) was set up as a direct result of those problems. Following that
reasoning, if the 'Net continues to become more chaotic as it continues to
grow, we can expect the federal government to create a set of regulations that
will govern behavior.
Not this year, probably not next year, but it -could- happen.
Rick Lippincott
Eaton Semiconductor
Beverly, MA
rlippinc -at- bev -dot- etn -dot- com
