apparently you, too, misinterpreted what i wrote. i said "develop new
modems". i didn't say "manufacture new modems".
ah, well...
--guy
Oleg Goldshmidt wrote:
Guy,
No argument with most of what you wrote, but:
guy keren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
assuming no one develops new modems any longer (what for? 3rd-world
countries?),
Well, let's see:
1) China + India + Indonesia + Brasil + Russia (just counting off the
most populous countries, no offence if I missed your favorite) have
about a half of the world's population and a good percentage of
Internet users, and broadband is nowhere nearly as common in these
countries as it is here.
2) In many advanced countries *lots* of people stick to dial-up for
the simple reason that if you only do email and relatively light
browsing the performance is just fine, and local phone calls are
free. This is true for the US and Italy, just for example -
countries where I have friends and acquaintances who cared to
explain the situation to me.
You are probably right that modem technology is not in for significant
advances. It is still very, very common though.
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