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August 06, 2005
When will we be: "Back in the High Life Again?:"
As the FCC Policy Dust starts to settle in, looking back I'm reminded of the Joni Mitchell Song "Big Yellow Taxi": "...Don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone. They paved paradise and put up a parking lot."
I woke up this morning hearing the old Steve Winwood song in my head and I keep on wondering...when will we be "Back in the High Life Again?:"
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"Back in the High Life Again" words by Steve Winwood
It used to seem to me
That my life ran on too fast
And I had to take it slowly
Just to make the good parts last
But when you're born to run
It's so hard to just slow down
So don't be surprised to see me
Back in that bright part of town
I'll be back in the high life again
All the doors I closed one time will open up again
I'll be back in the high life again
All the eyes that watched me once will smile and take me in
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We'll be back in the high life again
All the doors I closed one time will open up again
We'll be back in the high life again
All the eyes that watched us once will smile and take us in
And we'll drink and dance with one hand free
And have the world so easily
And oh we'll be a sight to see
Back in the high life again
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The problem is that some folks at the FCC don't realize the doors they have closed or that the steps they have taken have just reassured that the US will remain in the back of the pack when it comes to broadband innovation and broadband penetration as a nation.
If asked, I'd suggest that someone invests in an IP Communications start-up that wasn't totally dependent upon taking on customers in the United States and/or only offering US residents "connected services." In the long run it just isn't worth it and with the policies in place and the path the FCC is heading, we are much better off starting to focus on global markets where the local policy encourages innovation and entrepreneurs than the reverse.
Now I have to wait for the day that new leadership comes forward within the FCC who understands the mistakes of the immediate past and for the future of communications in America, make right for where was a wrong and brings us all back to the time when we can all "...be back in the high life again."
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Posted by jeff on August 6, 2005 09:38 AM | Permalink
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And we'll drink and dance with one hand free
And have the world so easily
And oh we'll be a sight to see
Back in the high life again
All of my life is the high life lows n highs.. Steve just made me see that!!!!!!!!! :0
Posted by: Ian at May 28, 2006 07:53 AM
And we'll drink and dance with one hand free
And have the world so easily
And oh we'll be a sight to see
Back in the high life again
All of my life is the high life lows n highs.. Steve just made me see that!!!!!!!!! :0
Posted by: Ian at May 28, 2006 07:52 AM