Here is why Bob Frankston says Infrastructure Held Hostage is the best description of what we’re talking about:
You are connected if
… You are talking a walk and have a heart attack
and don’t have to walk home to dial 911
… You aren’t captive to you
cellular carrier.
… You have a million TV "channels"
… You
can watch TV from Australia just like you can read a newspaper
from there
(bad example in oz). What makes this strange is that we now take
it for
granted that you can read the newspapers …
… You don’t have to beg
plead whine with to get a phone company to do
you favors.
… Your
taxes go down because you aren’t pay for redundant services.
… You can
start a business anywhere
… For the US — you can compete with
Bangalore.
… For Bangalore — oh, they’re already connected … never
mind
… You can ask your Sherpa for the weather report
within
The danger is in selling a single purpose — a phone company can
deliver an
particular application.
The danger is saying "information"
is that is more vague than
infrastructure.
I like infrastructure
because we can paint pictures of wires and roads even
if we don’t need
either. People know they need infrastructure even if they
don’t understand
all of it. You don’t ask why you need water — you just
want water pipes.
