Re: [Nolug] Who usually shows up for meetings?

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Then on the other hand, there are issues here
which naturally make selling the product more difficult. To mention
couple, a distribution due to the size of the country, mega corporations
which do not allow you to enter on their turfs, or at minimum, make you
pay hefty share to them.
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 These are exactly some of the issues that make broadband so expensive.
There are a few providers who control your access to the underlying
infrastructure and charge you a hefty premium for the 'privilege' of
accessing it.

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On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 7:24 PM, Petri Laihonen <pietu@weblizards.net> wrote:

>
>
> B. Estrade wrote:
> > On Sun, Dec 07, 2008 at 11:44:13AM -0600, Dennis J Harrison Jr wrote:
> >
> >> Also Finland has one of the highest rates of social mobility over a
> >> lifetime. Meaning you can go from dirt poor to affluent there much
> >> easier then here :)
> >>
> >
> > Finland is also "slightly smaller than Montana" in land area with nearly
> 1/60th the population of the US.
> >
> >
> https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/fi.html
> >
> > Do you think you can rightly compare the two?
> >
> > Brett
> >
> >
> >
> Size difference of the 2 countries are brought up almost always brought
> up immediately. While it does contribute to some issues, there are many
> others it really does not matter. When related to the original
> statement, I believe the size of the country makes very small
> difference. I think more determining factors are the attitudes towards
> change and eagerness to move forward.
>
> Actually I believe the size of the Finland is against the statement.
> Let's say you have a product you want to sell to everyone in Finland and
> the product is worthy purchase. The pool you are selling to is only a
> bit over 5 million. Here on the other hand, the pool is 320 Million +
> all illegal immigrants. Then on the other hand, there are issues here
> which naturally make selling the product more difficult. To mention
> couple, a distribution due to the size of the country, mega corporations
> which do not allow you to enter on their turfs, or at minimum, make you
> pay hefty share to them.
>
> One would also expect some common things such as broadband be a lot
> cheaper here due to the quantity of homes and businesses using it, then
> how come this same commodity is faster and cheaper in many other,
> smaller countries? (Including Finland.) The rules of supply and demand
> does not seem to work....
>
> Per capita could be more appropriate way of measuring things in
> different countries.
>
> Petri
>
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