[Air-l] Down to the Wire

[Alexander Kuskis]

How then do you explain the following, copied from the Foreign Affairs
article?:

"The United States' vastness no doubt 
complicates the task, but it is no excuse for not undertaking the job. 
(Canada, the world's second-largest state, also ranks second in global 
broadband connectivity.)" 

Open plains, deserts and forests still have people living in them,
particularly now that people can choose to live away from cities
and still stay connected. The Canadian experience seems to suggest
that it's precisely because of vast geographical distances that
communication technologies are needed to avoid isolation and
stagnation............Alex Kuskis

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Chenoweth" <chenowethp at mail.belmont.edu>
To: <air-l at listserv.aoir.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 6:53 AM
Subject: Re: [Air-l] Down to the Wire


> 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