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 Ted -- The concentration at internet backbones, while a problem currently, might become less so as the range of each individual node in the network improves. In any case, that concentration exists in the current network architecture too--except instead of having multiple paths from each endpoint to the backbone provider, you now have only one with the cable/dsl/dial-up ISP acting as an intermediary. Strong competition in the last mile doesn't address the backbone bottleneck either.

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  • Previous commenters asked useful questions about the technical realities. It seems to me that the other side of the presentation--the relation to political theories of the late 18th century--also needs to be inquired into. Why is Federalist 10 relevant? Is "faction" enough of a definition of a common problem? Does the rather hard-eyed realism of Madison's attempt to explain how the sum of private vices can be public virtues neatly map onto your rather less realistic and more romantic judgment about the nearness of free networks?
 
 
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