Mark,
Great post. I'd add some related comments:
- In developing areas with little or no communications infrastructure,
voice is the most important 'application'.
- For voice, cell phones are ideal.
- Cell phones are very, very nice for their small size and great battery
performance.
- Cell
Dear Colleagues,
I realize I left out one other point about ICT development and
profitability:
I was making the case for profit as an important metric, and indeed I
think that private, for-profit companies can and should take the lead in
much of ICT, but profit is not the only metric and there
Dear GKD Members,
I'm Jim Forster. I am a Distinguished Engineer at Cisco Systems and have
worked here since close to the beginning.
Bettina Hammerich made some very good points in her recent posting that
also pertain to the current question of the role of profitability,
including
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,
Sorry for the late post...hope it's not too late for this subject.
I'm Jim Forster, an engineer with cisco Systems. I thought I'd describe
a small effort in Nepal that I'm helping.
-- Jim
1. What activities are endeavoring to bring connectivity to under-served
communities?
Dave Hughes
