13 Dec 2003, 03:42, CHARLES ANGELICH (1:123/140), wrote to ALL:

Hi CHARLES.

 CA> "Broadband internet began a few years ago and has reached now
 CA> 6.9 per cent of the population in America and 2.3 per cent in
 CA> the UK. Several countries, most notably South Korea, have
 CA> higher penetrations (21.4 per cent)."

Some of the reasons for this is the cost involved.  Here in the USA,
telephone service is relatively cheap, while it is VERY expensive in
continental Europe.  Conversely, T-1 lines are very cheap in Europe, and
expensive over here!

 CA> "Using mobile phone penetration as an example, Hungary (67.60),
 CA> Estonia (65.02), the Slovak Republic (54.36), and Croatia
 CA> (53.50) all had higher mobile phone penetration than the United
 CA> States (48.81) in 2002. Mobile telephony was only the start;
 CA> broadband could be next."

Following with my previous comment above, Europeans are more likely to
connect a T-1 line to their computer and get a moble phone, thus avoiding
the high cost of the telephone altogether.


     Good luck...  M.

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