Responding to Chris King, who said:
>
> 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.
If a company with a 56K doesn't do the diligence to determine how their line
is being used before upgrading to a T1, that company has greater problems
that those caused by its employees abusing their connection, IMHO.
> 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.
>
Again, whenever resources become scarce, it's important to first understand
the reasons for the scarcity. Only then can it be determined whether further
investment is appropriate.
We're diverging here from the original point. I could be mistaken, but I
believe that "Rasmussen" assumes that whenever an Internet connection is
established, there is somehow an additional quatifiable cost associated with
that connection. I'm merely stating that it ain't necessarily so.
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