First Square Mile is not the Last or First Mile: Discovery not Just Choices!- June 16, 2007 The term "last mile" highlights the fact that we are the consumers at the end of a broadband "pipe". Saying "first mile" is a little better but the Internet is not a pipe to or from somewhere else. It's about what we can do locally and then what we can do when we interconnect with other neighborhoods. It's better to describe our neighborhood as the first square mile. Telecom is about selling us services; the Internet is about what we can do ourselves locally and then interconnecting with others.http://www.satn.org/2007_06_10_archive.html#7755008952966976854 |