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To: Raymond Duray who wrote (65281)	6/21/2005 6:17:25 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 74559

<Once a leader in Internet innovation, the United States has fallen far behind Japan and other Asian states in deploying broadband and the latest mobile-phone technology. This lag will cost it dearly. By outdoing the United States, Japan and its neighbors are positioning themselves to be the first states to reap the benefits of the broadband era: economic growth, increased productivity, and a better quality of life.> The USA has done some dopey things, such as the racist and sexist C-Block auction in 1996 [the melanin-rich and those of excellent gender were favoured bidders, as were small companies which couldn't afford to actually build a network]. Also, they didn't sell national spectrum. Cyberspace is nothing less than the 21st century brain. Not having a brain is evolutionarily a very very bad thing. The industrial revolution involved replacing muscle. The cyberspace revolution involves replacing brain. Those who miss the boat are doomed to live in the past, without the benefits of modernity. Once behind, it becomes difficult to catch up because critical mass forms around the superior places. Japan is way ahead of Cowtown New Zealand for example. Mqurice