http://www.markevanstech.com/2005/02/26/big-fat-pipes-and-the-power-of-internet-services/ Insight and Analysis from North of the Border Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:11:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.markevanstech.com/2005/02/26/big-fat-pipes-and-the-power-of-internet-services/comment-page-1/#comment-127 Anonymous Tue, 01 Mar 2005 13:01:29 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/?p=353#comment-127 Mark - interesting article, but believe the value will reside with content and not the pipes. There will just be too many alternative ways to access the content and/or application - and little or no incentive for the content owners/providers to restrict access to just one access owner/method. The only real potential advantage the pipe owners will have is brand, scale and existing customer relationship. Unfortunately, for many pipe owners that existing customer relationship is not all that happy... www.telcotrenches.blogspot.com Mark - interesting article, but believe the value will reside with content and not the pipes. There will just be too many alternative ways to access the content and/or application - and little or no incentive for the content owners/providers to restrict access to just one access owner/method.
The only real potential advantage the pipe owners will have is brand, scale and existing customer relationship. Unfortunately, for many pipe owners that existing customer relationship is not all that happy…
http://www.telcotrenches.blogspot.com

]]> http://www.markevanstech.com/2005/02/26/big-fat-pipes-and-the-power-of-internet-services/comment-page-1/#comment-126 Anonymous Mon, 28 Feb 2005 21:56:12 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/?p=353#comment-126 Mark - your theory of the broadband link enabling services to be delivered from anywhere is spot on, and something that is growing in popularity as a "way to think". VoIP is a huge example, and not just for the consumer but for hosted enterprise voice services as well. How much does this move value back into the pipe (ie, the guy with a wire or fiber into your premise is now very valuable) Mark - your theory of the broadband link enabling services to be delivered from anywhere is spot on, and something that is growing in popularity as a “way to think”. VoIP is a huge example, and not just for the consumer but for hosted enterprise voice services as well. How much does this move value back into the pipe (ie, the guy with a wire or fiber into your premise is now very valuable)

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