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Politics : Formerly About Applied Materials
AMAT 226.05+1.3%Nov 14 3:59 PM EST

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To: John Trader who wrote (49570)7/22/2001 10:58:48 AM
From: Katherine Derbyshire  Read Replies (2) of 70976
 
>>If Joe Public realized the countless benefits of high speed internet access, and realized that some local monopolists are basically keeping it from happening, I think the problem would be addressed much faster. <<

Don't count on it. Joe Public has been able to get high speed Internet (cable modem) in my area for four years, and for the most part hasn't done so. And this is in Boston, which is probably the second most Internet savvy place in the US, after Silicon Valley.

Katherine
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