[Kictanet] Fw: [alac] Africa Position Paper on Internet growth through content

[alice at apc.org]

AFRISPA,

More comments on your intrenet report.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John R Levine" <johnl at iecc.com>
To: <alice at apc.org>
Cc: "ALAC" <alac at icann.org>
Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 4:19 PM
Subject: Re: [alac] Africa Position Paper on Internet growth through content


>> Primarily their interest is driven by the value of content
>> that they locate which is relevant to their lives and business.
>
> That's surprising.  Here in the U.S., despite the myth that "content is
> king" the reality is that what people are willing to pay for is person to
> person communication.  See, for example
> http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue6_2/odlyzko/
>
> Regards,
> John Levine, johnl at iecc.com, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for 
> Dummies",
> Information Superhighwayman wanna-be, http://www.johnlevine.com, Mayor
> "I dropped the toothpaste", said Tom, crestfallenly.