Lest I remind you that most of these enterprises are government
controlled and government funded enterprises.
Yes there is a density of Antennas but that is the only way to get coverage.
Most places here do not have service because no one will allow them
to place an antenna for service.
Wind Turbines? NMBY is the biggest problem, (Not in My Back
Yard) Sen Kennedy tried to pass legislation or protest the placement
of Turbines in MA as it would spoil his view.
Most of Europe relies on Nuclear for their power. Again most of
these are government controlled and government funded enterprises and
no one tells the government no!
Stewart
At 04:37 PM 6/29/2008, you wrote:
OK ...here goes!!
I just got back from Belgium visiting the family for the first time since
2001.
Already in 2001 when we were going along the highway from Brussels to the
eastern city of Liege with the car radio turned off, the radio suddenly
turned itself on and gave us a traffic accident update on the roadway ahead
...now THAT is useful.
In 2001 the cellular service had some spots where signals were lacking; now
in 2008 we went to every backwater village there is and my fone was always
pegged at 5 bars; moreover, since I only have a RazrV3 and it doesn't have
high speed net, I didn't use the net much, but I did get GPRS via the WAP
browser reliably everywhere.
When we arrived, our family needed only use "teletext" to look at the
arrival times for flights at Brussels International Airport in Zaventem.
Most people there had their cell phones (they call them GSMs or simply "G").
Coin phones are a thing of the past, but phones were seen on the street
here&there which worked with debit cards.
Much of the communication network is quite visible in the countryside,
however. Cell towers are another blight on the gorgeous countryside
together with "aeoliennes" (wind turbines) that are turning up there in
great numbers (apparently the country with the most currently is Germany).
And, of course, the nuclear electric generating reactor at Tihange dominates
the horizon from many locales with the plumes created; the price we pay for
energy hungry life!!
Rev. Stewart A. Marshall
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Prince of Peace
Ozark, AL SL 82
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