Yo! Rick:
Friday May 16 1997 21:39, Rick Wilson wrote to Bill Cheek:
 BC>> If you are a serious and fairly experienced Internetter, then check
 BC>> out the smaller, local ISP's - not the national giants.
 RW> But, watch what happens when the advent of flat-rate fees are dumped.
Nothing.   :-)   But there's no sign of any impending changes there.
 BC>> In a word, I think radio itself is on the way out.  After all, what
 BC>> is the purpose of radio?  Communication?  Right.  And there are
 BC>> better tools and means for communication now than radio as we know
 BC>> it.
 RW> Gee, we've been Mr. Doom & Gloom lately, haven't we? :)  Is the world
 RW> coming to an end at the millenium, too?
No.  Just that Radio has kind of run its course.  Ham, CB, Scanner, and 
Shortwave radio are all DOWN in use and in the market.  Broadcasting is down. 
The Land Mobile market utterly sucks.  PCS and cellular (digital and 
encrypted) are the wave of the 2-way future.  Broadcasting via cable and 
satellite is much more pervasive AND cost effective than by RF.
No "doom and gloom", Rick.  Just a reality check.  Refute it...or see the 
handwriting on the wall.  
Bill Cheek ~ bcheek@san.rr.com
Windows 95 Juggernaut Team ~ Microsoft MVP
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