Re: Looking at were we are...

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Craig Cockburn (craig@scot.demon.co.uk)
Sat, 22 May 1999 22:18:20 +0100

Ann an sgriobhainn, <199905222020.QAA10003@relay.interim.iamworld.net>,
sgriobh Al Gilman <asgilman@iamdigex.net>
>At 12:50 PM 5/22/99 -0500, Kent Landfield <kent@landfield.com> wrote:
>>
>>. ... This thread
>>is about figuring out where to go considering the changing landscape, how to
>>encourage authors to keep contributing quality content and how to better
>>engrain this into the Internet infrastructure so we really are a vital part
>>of providing answers.
>
>The changing landscape includes the fact that online, the for-pay
>information economy is growing explosively and either does now or will soon
>do a pretty good job of meeting a lot of information needs. The
>expectation is that micropayment technology will create educational markets.

Although one aspect of the Internet in the UK which is exploding is free
internet providers. This has resulted in one provider going from 0 to
being Britain's largest ISP in 6 months and it now has over 1 million
subscribers. It's a local call to use the service, but to actually have
the account it costs nothing. The next wave, where people don't even
have to pay for the phone call either is likely to see quite a change in
UK internet use and habits and will significantly widen access.

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