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To: Jerome who wrote (10394)	6/13/2002 6:37:00 AM
From: w0z	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10921

So Morgans statement about 10% of the people in the world using wireless is way off base. Yes, he's wrong. It's now over 16%. There are now over 1 Billion cellular users out of a global population of 6 Billion. You seem to be getting geographic coverage confused with users. Sure there are areas that are not yet covered and may not be for years, but most populated areas are covered. All the hype we have heard about broadband, and the last mile mile technology....is more of a solution looking for a problem. As I see it, we are now overloaded with sensory data of every nature imaginable.... so why would you want to increase the overload? With a fast connection, you could have quickly researched "global cellular market" and "global population" at Google.com and checked out Morgan's statement yourself, just as I did. It might help prevent foot-in-mouth disease. BTW, here is a very comprehensive report on all telecom markets, but it's over 2.5 MB which will take awhile to download unless you have a fast connection. asaspace.at So you can call me a rural backwater hick... but Henry Thoreau went to Walden Pond to get away from the broadband of his day....why should we try to improve on his model? Then why are you using a computer on the Intenet? Check out your facts next time, you are totally off-base on this. BTW, my nearest town is 400 people, and I am delighted to have just gotten a DSL connection here...we are so rural we don't even have cable!

To: Jerome who wrote (10394)	6/13/2002 10:46:34 AM
From: Robert Douglas	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10921

So you can call me a rural backwater hick... but Henry Thoreau went to Walden Pond to get away from the broadband of his day....why should we try to improve on his model? Your error is thinking that the world shares your Luddite tendencies. The majority is rushing toward these technologies rather than running from them. They are embracing them because they better their lives, pure and simple. Even if your personal tastes are for less technology, you shouldn't assume others share your tastes - a mistake we all make (My personal one; how can Star Wars be popular?). The technology genie is out of the bottle and can't be put back in. As the world grows wealthier - as in inevitably will - people will buy more and more products with electronics in them. It may take a while to hit impoverished Africa, but the vast majority of the world's population now lives in countries that are on the path to economic growth. They will be buying sooner rather than later.