Entry made by Gio 7 September 1997. Chapter 4 in Clark Dodsworth, jr. Entry made by Gio 27 August 1997. ACM , Vol.19 No.7, Jul 1976, pp.395-404. Entry made by Gio 29 September 1997.
Description Analyzes the long distance transnission costs of email, images, and movies.
Concludes that email might as well be free, while transmitting movies is not economic. The government should stop subsidizing the Internet. While this article lays out costs in a very useful way, it does not prescribe an integrated feasible payment scheme. It seems actually desirable to charge, even minimally, for email, to provide a disincentive for spammers. Entry made by Gio 25 September 1998.