Valdis, I agree with you a hundred percent. The most
expensive part of infrastructure is pulling the
cables/fiber necessary to build the infrastrucuture.
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Jun 2000 00:41:37 +0200, Anthony
> Atkielski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> > If they are that lacking in mere wires, they
> probably aren't in a position
> > to profit from access to the Internet in the first
> place. That is, if they
> > lack telephones (and that's all they need for
> broadband, or at least it's
> > the better part of the battle), why would they be
> surfing the Web? First
> > things first.
>
> The fact that they lack wires doesn't mean they lack
> telephones.
>
> Remember that wires are expensive to pull,
> especially for those 3 houses
> out on the far side of the mountain down the dirt
> road.
>
> > Countries without landlines are not going to be a
> part of the global economy
> > unless they upgrade in a major way very soon.
>
> You got this wrong. Countries without
> *connectivity* will be screwed. There's
> no *obvious* requirement that there be a landline
> involved.
>
> Having said that, I'm *not* a WAP proponent. ;)
> --
> Valdis Kletnieks
> Operating Systems Analyst
> Virginia Tech
>
>
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