Re:How to succeed in business without really tryin (Score 1)

What do you consider 'research'? I would think that directing a question to a highly knowledgeable set of users in a very small space is a very efficient way to conduct research. I don't think the original poster was expecting someone to upload a business plan for him; I do think he expected to get some general information on the difficulties of building an ISP, and perhaps some specific information about, say, billing system issues. Once he obtained that info, I don't doubt that he would have then used that to do some other research, such as finding comparisons between billing systems from TeleOSS or some other trade journals. But when you're not exactly sure where to start, why not ask the experts first? And even though I have no interest in starting an ISP, I found the entire thread a good read. So I also dispute your assertion that this didn't belong on the front page.