The net may follow the real road. Andrew Oldyzko believes that if we follow history of the business model that railways, canals, tollways used we are heading for disaster. Already the rates for SMS, Video, vocie talk are so different. Internet capacity is abundant and gives it a great capacity for innovation. Price discrimination could [...]
Archive for October, 2004
History and the Internet
Posted in Uncategorized on October 24, 2004 | 10 Comments »
Divorce of Country Code and Area codes
Posted in Uncategorized on October 24, 2004 | 19 Comments »
My good friend Rajan is based in Bangalore and runs a biotechnology firm with global customers. When you dial a L.A. based number +1 714 XXX XXXX the phone rings at his home in Bangalore. His wife, a software program manager, program manages an off shore development project, with daily conversations with her U.S. based [...]
India : The Next Big Thing
Posted in Uncategorized on October 24, 2004 | 28 Comments »
India – The Next Big Thing ©Peter Schuck, 8/23/04 draft Readers of these pages know that China has in recent years been the leading new market for legal services in a rapidly globalizing world. (See [McCollam’s article and my] “China’s Legal Tea Leaves,” Nov. 2002). Soon, however, that distinction may go to India – the [...]
Dapoli : More beautiful than Phuket
Posted in Uncategorized on October 24, 2004 | 21 Comments »
Last October, we spent a week of family vacation in Bangkok and Phuket. It was a memorable trip but we did something different this time. We decided to drive, go somewhere near, not more than six hours of travel and away from the normal touristy handouts. We chose Dapoli. As we were descending 1100 feet [...]
The decade that changed Indian Aviation
Posted in Uncategorized on October 24, 2004 | 12 Comments »
The header above was the slogan Jet Airways, India’s largest private airline used to celebrate their 10th anniversary in 2003. The slogan was more profound than the marketing intent, it symbolized the opening of Indian skies, better customer choices, better efficiencies and world class standards. The Indian traveler can with some planning pay around the [...]
