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To: TobagoJack who wrote (37461)	8/26/2003 1:20:11 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

Hello Jay. Something new = CDMA2000 phragmented photon cyberphones powering It. That is major paradigm shift happening as you read this. In hunting around, looking for nuggets of information and potential profit, I noticed Verizon is planning to install optical fibre for a lightning fast information superhighway. The cost is quite high per house [$1,500 or thereabouts]. So they will start where there is high demand. Global Crossing [RIP] will have people to deliver fast stuff to. When we bought this house in Y2K [fortunately before the NZ$ and house prices zoomed] with a Tonka Truckload of ill-gotten rewards from philanthropic investing, my first requirement [on considering it as a prospective purchase] was that it have fast cyberspace access available. There are three sources = ADSL [asynchronous digital subscriber line], a line of sight link to the Skytower and geostationary satellite links with telephone uplink. I would far prefer to have fibre to the back of the computer and WiFi 802.11g to my puterbook. I suspect that more and more people will specifiy fast cyberspace as part of their house-buying specifications. Therefore, I expect that where fibre is installed, people who like fast internet access will choose those places to live. Since a street with only 1 house connected will mean no returns to the fibre owner, and a street with all houses connected will mean big profits, I guess there will be an increasing digital divide, which is a sociologically dreaded phenomenon according to news media and politicians who are seeking ways to reduce the digital divide. As houses on streets with fibre hook up, nearby streets will be rolled out when about 80% - 90% of houses on the existing network have connected. Those who live in the fibre-filled area, with WiFi and 1xEV-DO CDMA2000 will be well off. Those who don't won't. Fortunately, $1,500 is cheap enough that fibre will spread far and wide, so the digital divide will be based more on the lack of brainpower in the subscribers' heads than on their income earning capacity [in the wealthy countries anyway]. Meanwhile, Q390 vs G361 Not cowering. Gloating. Hold your gold. Mqurice