Edging a bit off-topic, here’s another thought from Cringely (link below). I bring it up because it is a clever repurposing of existing relationships, clever understanding of how local Internet networks work, and related to the whole idea of decentralization of communications infrastructures.
Link: PBS | I, Cringely . June 8, 2006 – Local Heroes.
What I advised the station general managers to do was to serve their traditional audiences as much as possible over internal, rather than external, connections. This means colocating a server down at the telephone and cable TV companies, which isn’t hard to do since most communities have just two broadband providers, and the PBS station manager probably knows both of them from Rotary meetings or from the local United Way board.
It made me think. What about you?
