On 27/02/16 05:07, Frank O'Connor wrote:
It’s a bit sad really that we can’t imagine a dynamic future ... And I think that is Tom’s problem … not enough imagination.
The future I imagine is one where people use data when out and about, which I think is "dynamic". High speed broadband limited to home seems to me lacking in imagination: a quaint old fashioned view of the future, like a 1960s black and white documentary about future transport, with atomic powered cars on 24 lane freeways.
… the range of radio frequencies (and hence channel and data carrying capacity) is vastly limited ...
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