roundtable: Re: Nonprofit Culture

roundtable: Re: Nonprofit Culture

Re: Nonprofit Culture

James Love (love@Essential.ORG)
Fri, 25 Mar 1994 12:11:39 -0500 (EST) 

Date: Fri, 25 Mar 1994 12:11:39 -0500 (EST)
From: James Love <love@Essential.ORG>
Subject: Re: Nonprofit Culture
To: "Gary O. Larson" <glarson@tmn.com>
In-Reply-To: <9403250614.AA10420@tmn.com>
Message-Id: <Pine.3.85.9403251239.B27323-0100000@essential>

On Fri, 25 Mar 1994, Gary O. Larson wrote:
> 
> Martin Garthwaite, writing on 3/23:  "Video dialtone systems are 
> designed to be expanded in an almost limitless fashion.  There exist 
> no bottlenecks or capacity limitations in any of the systems.  The 
> amount of programming that subscribers to a video dialtone system can 
> receive is limited only by the number of programmers on the other end.  
> In this environment, access is not going to be the issue, viewership 
> is.  Viewership will depend in large part on the money spent in 
> producing a program."

  Martin misspoke when he said that capacity will be "limitless" and 
that there will be no bottlenecks or capacity limitations in the system. 
The system that are being built do have capacity limitations.  There can 
be "build outs", but this will cost $$$$.  Access to a Video Dialtone 
system will cost $$$$.  It will not be free.   The prices for access to 
the Video Dialtone networks will be a problem for many programers, who 
cannot afford the $$$$. 
 
	Special rates for non-commerical services will make it cheaper 
for non-commercial information providers to deliver the goods.  It is 
a way that a society can support non-commerical services, without 
requiring someone to beg for a check from a government agency (or 
legislature).  

	This isn't to say the direct funding for non-commeical services 
isn't a good idea -- it is.  Low (or free) tariffs and funding for 
production are really two parts of this.


  - jamie

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