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Re: Great ideas that fail in reality: free public wifi booths

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On 2016-09-15, Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> wrote:
>
> RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com>:
>> Free wifis kiosks sound great in theory, but their abuse is leading to
>> them being retired. Instead of people quickly acquiring information,
>> it turned into a spot for a bunch of bums to watch pornography and
>> listen to streaming music.
>>
>> A fitting metaphor for the Internet as a whole?  :)
>
> Porn and music are beside the point. The problem is this:
>
>    “These kiosks are often monopolized by individuals creating personal
>    spaces for themselves [...]"
>
> Any limited resource offered freely will have the same issue. The
> solution is to start charging or start rationing.
>


One of the first failures with Socialism was Free Travel, in Petrograd,
about 1918, it wa warmer than home, so people would get on, and stay on all
day.

-- 
greymaus.ireland.ie
Just_Another_Grumpy_Old_Man

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Great ideas that fail in reality: free public wifi booths RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2016-09-14 22:02 +0000
  Re: Great ideas that fail in reality: free public wifi booths Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-09-15 07:37 +0300
    Re: Great ideas that fail in reality: free public wifi booths Zed <zed@blah.invalid> - 2016-09-15 14:15 +0000
    Re: Great ideas that fail in reality: free public wifi booths maus <mausg@mail.com> - 2016-09-16 12:25 +0000
      Re: Great ideas that fail in reality: free public wifi booths Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-09-16 16:32 +0300

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