Convergence is radically altering economic assumptions and underlying cost structures. It is changing the game of capital formation and altering business models. The culmination of these changes is what I am referring to by the Broadband Digital Migration. The challenge for us is to make a similar leap from analog-rooted regulations to ones that are applicable and relevant to the digital environment. We are clearly and dramatically seeing the dust rising from a multitude on the move.
Species migrate both to seek more favorable environments and to escape hostile ones.
Such can be observed in the Broadband Digital Migration. Much of the rush to the broadband digital world is prompted by the promise of greener pastures. Companies are seeking the benefits of cheaper and more efficient infrastructures, though deployment comes at great cost. The markets are in search of greater material gain from that infrastructure by offering more services over it and by bundling those services for consumers. Moreover, The Promised Land holds out hope for entirely new markets and new innovative services.