In a previous note, Scott Cokely says
>
> Responding to =?iso-8859-1?Q?Ren=E9_Rasmussen?=, who said:
> >
> > The only difference between surfing the internet and reading various
> > personal newspapers, magazines and books during office hours (whether
> > they are pornographic or not) is, that surfing cost more money for the
> > company.
> >
> This isn't necessarily true. Many companies have dedicated direct lines
> to the Internet (56K, T1), and they pay by the month whether they use it
> or not.
>
There is still a cost, because companies will take decisions on upgrading
direct lines based on existing usage. It's one of the oldest arguments used
by IT management:
1. Hey, here's this under-used resource. You might as well make the most of
it because it doesn't cost any more to do so.
Then:
2. Hey, we're running out of steam now and the usage will go through the
ceiling unless you let us buy more memory, processor speed, disks, bandwidth,
etc, etc.
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