[Air-l] Down to the Wire

[Paul Chenoweth]

There is an element of geography that seems to have been removed from
this equation.  The measurement of broadband coverage in Korea and Japan
 is being compared on the same basis as the amount of physical
(geographical) coverage in the US.  Vast areas of open plains, deserts,
national forests, etc. are included in the broadband measure...to
countries where the population distribution is more compact and the land
area is significanly smaller.  The statistics make great headlines and
wonderful 'sky is falling' rhetoric, but there is far less substance
than the rankings imply.

IMHO,
Paul Chenoweth, Web Developer
Belmont University
615-460-6867

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that
you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines.
Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails.
Explore. Dream. Discover." - Mark Twain


----- Original Message -----
From: Miraj Khaled <techiemik at yahoo.com>
Date: Tuesday, May 3, 2005 0:54 am
Subject: [Air-l] Down to the Wire

> Down to the Wire
> http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20050501faessay84311/thomas-
> bleha/down-to-the-wire.html
> 
> Summary: 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.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Miraj Khaled
> ============
> techiemik at yahoo.com
> mindexplorer.blogspot.com
> 
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