Comments on: A challenge to telcos and cablecos everywhere http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/12/23/a-challenge-to-telcos-and-cablecos-everywhere/ Same old blog, brand new place Sat, 28 Nov 2009 21:14:31 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Mukund Mohan http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/12/23/a-challenge-to-telcos-and-cablecos-everywhere/comment-page-1/#comment-18927 Mukund Mohan Thu, 27 Dec 2007 15:16:50 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/12/23/a-challenge-to-telcos-and-cablecos-everyw#comment-18927 Good job with one hand BTW. Good job with one hand BTW.

]]> By: Doc Searls http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/12/23/a-challenge-to-telcos-and-cablecos-everywhere/comment-page-1/#comment-18626 Doc Searls Sun, 23 Dec 2007 19:38:19 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/12/23/a-challenge-to-telcos-and-cablecos-everyw#comment-18626 What I'm suggesting is that AWS points toward what we might call the <i>post</i>-phone business. Because it's about Net-native or Web-native services of an infinite variety, taking advantage of pure commodity infrastructure: Big Compute and Big Storage to start, on the Big Net itself. Making the Net big all the way to the premise is what the telcos and cablecos can do, followed by taking advantage of local real estate and other last-mile proximities to provide lots of services — storage and other services among them. I haven't looked at who might buy whom. I do think, however, that live conversational support is one among countless possible services. Making these look like phone calls would be sensible, but not necessary. Let's be creative here. We can do that if we're not in the business just of making the Net itself scarce — which had been the telco and the cableco business model for the duration. At least in the U.S. (All typed with one hand with a 4-month old grandbaby in the other. Not bad.) What I’m suggesting is that AWS points toward what we might call the post-phone business. Because it’s about Net-native or Web-native services of an infinite variety, taking advantage of pure commodity infrastructure: Big Compute and Big Storage to start, on the Big Net itself. Making the Net big all the way to the premise is what the telcos and cablecos can do, followed by taking advantage of local real estate and other last-mile proximities to provide lots of services — storage and other services among them.

I haven’t looked at who might buy whom. I do think, however, that live conversational support is one among countless possible services. Making these look like phone calls would be sensible, but not necessary. Let’s be creative here. We can do that if we’re not in the business just of making the Net itself scarce — which had been the telco and the cableco business model for the duration. At least in the U.S.

(All typed with one hand with a 4-month old grandbaby in the other. Not bad.)

]]> By: Mukund Mohan http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/12/23/a-challenge-to-telcos-and-cablecos-everywhere/comment-page-1/#comment-18616 Mukund Mohan Sun, 23 Dec 2007 16:37:53 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/doc/2007/12/23/a-challenge-to-telcos-and-cablecos-everyw#comment-18616 Doc Thanks for the pointer. Good article. Given that Amazon's more like the next gen telco, I take it you would disagree with the going financial models that point to an Amazon-Ebay takeover? It might have more sense for Amazon to acquire Skype then? Doc
Thanks for the pointer. Good article. Given that Amazon’s more like the next gen telco, I take it you would disagree with the going financial models that point to an Amazon-Ebay takeover?

It might have more sense for Amazon to acquire Skype then?

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