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To: Bob Childers who wrote (17889)	1/29/2000 10:17:00 AM
From: John Curtis	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 27311

Bob: OT, but I agree with your cell phone comments. I also submit that Europe, Asia, et.al., get to experience that certain technological "leap frog" effect. That is, being able to reap the benefit of another industrial bases advancements without the encumbering, entrenched "older" technology. For instance. The U.S. had a natural geopolitical advantage over the past 100 years when it came to the development of a nation-wide telecommunications infrastructure. A "clean slate", if you will. As a consequence such as ATT, the LEC's, et.al., have had the last 90 years or so to completely wire up, usually with land lines, the United States of A.. Europe, Asia, et.al., did not have that advantage. Indeed, need I point out how remarkably "fortressed" between countries Europe was prior to the collapse of the Soviet Union? And to a certain extent Asia is still this way. One of the main consequences of this was the European continent was never able to become "wired". But as always, time changes everything. Now you have the unification of the European sector, with barriers coming down everywhere. Even so, it's too costly in terms of time, and infrastructure, to quickly duplicate the U.S.'s telecommunications base. So they've taken advantage of recent years advancement in wireless to "leap frog" the need for a lot of land-line "stuff". Kind'a sort'a straight from the 19th, to the 21st Century, bypassing the 20th, from a telecommunications point of view(uuuh....military needs excepting, of course). And because of this it was easier to reach a common consensus with regards to wireless methods and procedures.... IMHO, of course.... ;-) Regards! John~