Dear Colleagues,
Thank you, Allen Hammond, for your clarifying message. The difference
between ICT, the tool and the information that gets communicated using
the tool is, of course, fundamental.
When I used the phrase narrowband everywhere, I was not intending this
to be construed in a very
I agree with this Al.
I'll attempt to clarify another aspect of the confusion in the usage of
the term Broadband.
In many usages broadband implies more bandwidth than narrowband. This
is the typical usage in the context of areas with well-developed
traditional communications infrastructures,
Al Hammond wrote:
WiFi networks already cover ranges of 100 miles or more,
with repeaters and tuned anntennae--in Laos, in California, in India,
and in many other places.
If it is happening in India, sadly, it is illegal. We are only permitted
to operate WiFi indoors. However, the definition
I liked the statement below:
Al Hammond wrote:
Thus the critical feature of broadband wireless is that it will lower
end user cost, by aggregating more demand. The fact that it is broadband
and allows more multimedia content (such as video mail and video
conferencing, and face/voice
