Big Bell Dogma: January 2008
As we work to build mobility into every product, service, and process, our greatest inhibitor is the mindset represented by those who defend the tethering of products and processes to specific places. This mindset is fueled by the investments that have been made that establish power in the companies, departments, and individuals that stand in the way of mobilizing our lives and our businesses. These investments are not always in hard assets, but often are investments of time and experience to establish intellectual and relational assets. We should expect our assault on these ways to be defended to the death. Here are recent examples:
- Incumbent-protecting regulatory structure inhibits innovation
- Taxing texting to prop up big government spending, shape culture (and penalize protesters)
- European GSM bigotry
- Exorbitant prices
- Blocking standard protocols to make innovation hard
- Congress questions FCC’s practices
- Which is worse, regulation or monopolistic pricing?
- Cellphone bans hurting American competitiveness?
- Cellphone bans causing unnecessary suffering and death?
- Use licensing rules to boost legacy revenues
- Big Bell “has shown that they don’t care”
- Don’t worry, the regulators are watching
Complete list here.
(For more context, read the Mobile Declaration of Independence.)
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