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To: MikeM54321 who wrote (8756)	10/4/2000 7:58:54 AM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12823

Mike: I agree with your comparison. Why this situation developed: 1) Germany is the only country outside the US that embraced the concept laid out by The Telecom Act of 1996 of unbundled network elements. 2) It is the only market that has a significant number of V5.2 (the Euro flavour o G303) interface due to this reason above. They're going the DSL route because the EC does not allowed DT to keep their CATV assets. They had to sell it. Now they have only ADSL to be in anything called broadband. Note the price drop from 79 to 48 dollars? The explanation: Governments -all over the world- want to milk the telecoms sector for all it’s worth. Germany is not an exception. So they sell licenses for everything. Just note that LMDS is in full swing in Germany. Hence DT has to keep prices down for their ADSL services. This is very good for Germany, for the customers and for the Internet. Compare that with the egg splattered faces of BT. In the US: Covad, Northpoint and Rhythms go down the drain. 3G have not the momentum there that has here in Europe. SBC can relax. Just a trivia: In 1987 a company in Stuttgart would hire a truck to deliver printouts across town. It was cheaper than download the data over data lines.

To: MikeM54321 who wrote (8756)	10/15/2000 3:38:13 PM
From: Elsewhere	Respond to of 12823

"Largest-Ever Global Measurement of Internet Penetration" Thursday September 7, 8:32 am Eastern Time Nielsen//NetRatings Releases Largest-Ever Global Measurement of Internet Penetration Launches Global Internet Trends Service, a Ground-Breaking Study Revealing Trends in Internet Access And Usage biz.yahoo.com Table 1. Number of People 2+ (In Millions) With Internet Access Via Home PC US 136.9 Japan(1) 26.3 UK 19.4 Germany 14.8 Canada(1) 13.1 Italy 11.1 Australia 7.6 Netherl. 6.8 France 6.5 Spain 4.6 Sweden 4.5 Belgium 2.7 Switz. 2.4 Denmark 2.3 Norway 2.2 Austria 1.7 Singapore 1.7 Finland 1.6 NZ 1.3 Ireland 0.8