CA>There has always been a tendency to overstate where the
CA>bleeding edge of technology really is in the USA. Here are some
CA>numbers to put to all those fantasies. ;-)

CA>http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?
CA>pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&cid=1069493486004

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)."

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."

CA>==============

CA>Some damage to our image of ourselves as technocrats eh? ;-)

Not sure Chuck. I suspect while many others talk into it, we
tend to be more doers.

(Kinda reminds me of the old quote that: "The English write about
it, the Irish dramatize it, the French talk about it, the Italians
sing about it; but the Americans do it 8-)

Ciao, Ack.

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