<< As reported by Newsbytes last November, Alcatel claims that its asymmetric digital
subscriber line (ADSL) technology is taking off in Europe.
Company officials claim that the firm's ADSL technology has just been chosen by three
of the main European telecom operators -- France Telecom, Belgacom, and
Telefonica -- for tests which will take place in their respective countries -- France,
Belgium, and Spain. >>
This is interesting news. Everytime I hear about France, I think of a nice woman I met there last year that didn't want to use e-mail too much because she (like many French at the time?) thought that it was way too impersonal to use. I keep wondering where different parts of Europe are in the internet/web time frame compared to many here in the states. I have pondered that quote I read recently from Mr. Lane at Oracle, "I don't think we are in an information age. TV and telephony have mass participation, but 95% of the world can't use a computer."
I think about things like that for a moment, and then about the cosmos and then black holes and then that silly dancing baby avi and that always seems to bring me back to the stupid little questions, "So, how much will Hayes help that Alcatel out exactly?" So...? :-)
ALL IMHO
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