Monday, February 3, 2003

Both the New York times here and the Washington Post ran prominent articles Sunday on broadband internet connections. The messeage is certainly clear: get with the program people and switch now. Unless I missed it nowhere in these articles did they directly address the issue of whether broadband as its is being offered will or won't be covered by common carrier telecommunication regulations. That issue will have as much if not far greater impact on what the internet is or will become, than whether the message buzzes about at 56 or 300k. Technological change is never a single faceted thing. I do not understand why the press is covering it that way. ._._. pb _._ As Broadband Gains, the Internet's Snails Fall Back. Consumers have been dropping their slow dial-up services and switching to faster service, called broadband. Companies like AOL appear to be losing. By Saul Hansell. [New York Times: Technology] 10:10:45 AM    comment [];trackback []; I used to pay far more attention to northen Ireland's affairs while growing up outside of Boston. It seemed very real then and I knew people who took it quite seriously. This is bad comic opera. Whatever sectarianism these people cling too as cover, they are basically gangsters. If you divide the violent from the general population, and make movements to seek civil - political - solutions to a regions problems. The violent minded will simply start shooting each other. ._._. pb _._ Loyalists on brink of war as UDA chief is shot dead. UK: Ulster Defence Association chiefs vow vengeance against jailed Johnny 'Mad Dog' Adair. [Guardian Unlimited] 9:52:29 AM    comment [];trackback [];

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