Explicações (capengas) dele próprio:

> "My remarks, taken out of context and turned into a bumper sticker,
> don't produce very good dialog. What I was getting at is that the
> Internet is in some ways more like the road system than telephone or
> cable. These are essentially single purpose networks, each built for a
> particular application. Because there is not a great deal of consumer
> choice for these services, the usual effects of competition are
> weaker. I think the incentives now in place for broadband service
> provision have not produced significant facilities-based
> competition. An alternative that has been explored in the UK, for
> instance, is to mandate that wholesale broadband services must be
> provided, e.g., by British Telecom. this allows substantial
> competition above the IP layer for value-added services and
> substantial consumer choice for them. What I was speculating about in
> the Personal Democracy Forum was whether incentives could be provided
> that would render the Internet more like the public road system which
> is open to everyone. Manufacturers are free to invent and sell
> vehicles suitable for use on the road system. Builders are free to
> construct buildings, homes, offices, manufacturing plants that use the
> road system. But the road system itself is not owned by the private
> sector and its use is essentially open to all. The question is whether
> incentives can be found that would produce a similar effect for
> broadband Internet provision."