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.pl]=0A=0A"A new fundamental law of economics has been formulated by Rod=0A=
Beckstrom, former Director of the National Cyber Security Center. In=0AWord=
s: The value of a network equals the net value added to each user's=0Atrans=
actions conducted through that network, valued from the=0Aperspective of ea=
ch user, and summed for all. It answers the=0Adecades-old question of 'how =
valuable is a network.' It is granular and=0Atransactions-based, and can be=
 used to value any network: social,=0Aelectronic, support groups, and even =
the Internet as a whole. This new=0Amodel or law values the network by look=
ing from the edge of the network=0Aat all of the transactions conducted and=
 the value added to each. One=0Away to contemplate the value the network ad=
ds to each transaction is to=0Aimagine the network being shut off and what =
the additional=0Atransactions' costs or loss would be. Beckstrom's Law repl=
aces=0AMetcalfe's law, Reed's law, and other concepts which proposed that t=
he=0Avalue of a network was based purely on the size of the network (and in=
=0Athe case of Metcalfe's law, one other variable)."=0A=0A Vickram=0Ahttp:/=
/communicall.wordpress.com=0Ahttp://vvcrishna.wordpress.com=0A=0A=0A=0A    =

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span><br><br>"A new fundamental law of economics has been formulated by Rod=
=0ABeckstrom, former Director of the National Cyber Security Center. In=0AW=
ords: The value of a network equals the net value added to each user's=0Atr=
ansactions conducted through that network, valued from the=0Aperspective of=
 each user, and summed for all. It answers the=0Adecades-old question of 'h=
ow valuable is a network.' It is granular and=0Atransactions-based, and can=
 be used to value any network: social,=0Aelectronic, support groups, and ev=
en the Internet as a whole. This new=0Amodel or law values the network by l=
ooking from the edge of the network=0Aat all of the transactions conducted =
and the value added to each. One=0Away to contemplate the value the network=
 adds to each transaction is to=0Aimagine the network being shut off and wh=
at the additional=0Atransactions' costs or loss would be. Beckstrom's Law r=
eplaces=0AMetcalfe's law, Reed's law, and other concepts which proposed tha=
t the=0Avalue of a network was based purely on the size of the network (and=
 in=0Athe case of Metcalfe's law, one other variable)."<br><div>&nbsp;</div=
>Vickram<br><span><a target=3D"_blank" href=3D"http://communicall.wordpress=
.com">http://communicall.wordpress.com</a></span><br><span><a target=3D"_bl=
ank" href=3D"http://vvcrishna.wordpress.com">http://vvcrishna.wordpress.com=
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