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To: Ed Edwards who wrote (385)	11/17/1999 8:02:00 AM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1782

re: no matter where you go, there you are? Ed, therein lies the paradox, doesn't it? If the concentration of bandwidth is in the metro (and not in the boonies, as you have attested here in the past in no uncertain terms), then virtualizing in non-metro areas is like skating on thin ice during Spring Thaw. Following your implied hypothesis, staying home for many in the burbs would render a text screen-like existence, on interrupts, in comparative terms to the abundances found in the heart of metro areas. Is this changing fast enough? Is broadbanding in non-metros taking place fast enough to at some point be deemed relevant in the short term? For some, yes. For many others, tho, the answer is no. And then there is the touchy feely aspect of being there, or for some, getting away from there, depending on where you define there. Good question, let's see what others have to say. Frank

To: Ed Edwards who wrote (385)	11/17/1999 9:22:00 AM
From: Jay Lowe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1782

Ed ... enabling diversity springs to mind ... a wider range of lifestyles can fit within the ecoplex. I know a programmer fellow, good C++ GUI type guy, who lives in the central CA mountains and works for big Palo Alto company whose stock recently made a un-smiley squiggle mark. He works in the city every so often but mostly telecommutes via a dish from his handmade cabin. This is a very mellow and deep person ... who I came to respect as more likely to be right than fast. His affect on a workgroup is ... to somehow add an ambient sense of rightness, or wellness to the group. He's group-glue ... and his co-workers tend to take on his thinking attributes. Completely subtle ... everyone would deny all this, but it's very real to the trained observer. He reminds me of another fellow ... Jon Postel. Well, one worked out of a cabin in the woods, one from the twin towers in Marina del Rey -- about as urban as you can get on the California beachfront. What's my point? Choice, I think. I'm glad there's increasing room for people to make the lifestyle choices they need to make in order to live as fully formed, fully functioning humans.