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Re: Economic assumptions

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Subject: Re: Economic assumptions
From: Evil Pete <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 04 Apr 1994 15:36:05 -0700
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In-Reply-To: Your message of Mon, 04 Apr 1994 16:51:31 -0400. <[email protected]>
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>
>Evil Pete says:
>> > I can imagine that bandwidth in the fibersphere for text transmission
>> > will be too cheap to meter, which means that the cost of metering
>> > would more than the marginal revenue.  In this case, and this is not
>> > the near future, there aren't any delivery charges per message.
>> 
>> 
>> that is what Tom Edison said about electrity....
>
>Actually electricity too cheap to meter was an idiotic comment made
>about nuclear power in the 1950s. However, I'll point out that its
>been some years since I noticed the cost of my electric bill.

My electric bill averages around $200 to $250


		-Pete

References:
- Re: Economic assumptions
  - From: "Perry E. Metzger" <[email protected]>

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