 nixenRockin' the BoxenPremium
join:2002-10-04
Alexandria, VA | Historically, When Did Telcos Become "Content Providers"? Back in the pre-Internet land-rush days, weren't the telcos just "dump pipes" for voice. What "content" did they really offer. I mean, the old "time & temperature) was a free service. 411 (etc.) were either free or things to be avoided. Neither would I terribly much call "content". And, definitely, the calls between myself and friends, family and work were not "content".
Judging by the hopeless excuses for content telcos have offered up over the years, they STILL are only good at one thing: managing pipes. Perhaps people would be interested in them being more than pipes if they ever actually provided worthwhile content. The reason people don't want them for anything but pipes is because they're no good at content.
Seriously. Listen up telcos: be happy to be earning money from your damned pipes. If you were to provide actual content of value, rather than obstruction of valuable content, people would buy it from you. Go back to what you're good at doing: running networks.
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The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt. -- Bertrand Russell |
