Sender: •••@••.••• hi. today the subject for my rant is regulation of pricing by our government. several people here have said that we must demand this and that in the way of regulations on the price of email and other sevices. the idea seems to be that the isps must halt current changes, or make new ones, in order to further establish the accessability and use of the net. my opinion : one, it is not clear of whom we are to demand this. it doesn't matter, however. we cannot request this of anyone, simply because this is illegal. no one should interfere with sound (and perhaps not-so-sound) business decisions, or with the pressures that we, the consumers, bring to bear. if ridgid and quickly-outdated madates are put into place, then the isps will not be able to deal with changes in operating costs, inflation, and demands for better service in another area. the capitalist system works as well as it does because it responds in the correct way to consumer needs, and because it is not mixed with socialism. both systems work apart, but when mixed, someone else will always get carried by the system. if you want cheaper email, then discuss this with your isp. you may find the price is neccessary to maintain email features, or to support other services. the same possibility holds true for other prices you may wish to change. respond! respond! what do you think? the idea is to respond! bye dicedpupys :x btw, marilyn, it isn't a word. try adding a space and a "p" and you get "diced puppys". i am not sick. ~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~-~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~ Posted by Andrew Oram - •••@••.••• - Moderator: CYBER-RIGHTS (CPSR) Cyber-Rights: http://www.cpsr.org/cpsr/nii/cyber-rights/ ftp://www.cpsr.org/cpsr/nii/cyber-rights/Library/ CyberJournal: (WWW or FTP) --> ftp://ftp.iol.ie/users/rkmoore Materials may be reposted in their _entirety_ for non-commercial use. ~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~-~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~
