[wsfii-discuss] Fw: public demand for information technology

Thu Sep 21 14:08:56 UTC 2006

Kragen Javier wrote:

> Usually, when I talk to USA citizens about information technology that
> the rest of the world can use, I run into some variant of the "walk
> before you run" argument.  People wonder what good information
> technology is to a goatherd, or a taxi driver, or a subsistence
> farmer.

I have run into that very same question and have always wondered what 
use a state of the art communications network is to someone too lazy to 
use it to find out that the rest of the world isn't made up of goat 
herders, taxi drivers, and subsistence farmers.

The next step is going to be replacing the existing telecommunications 
infrastructure in many of these cases with licensed exempt equipment (as 
Dave mentions in a later post) even if there is a modest fee to help pay 
for the infrastructure build. I believe this will be brought about by a 
combination of three factors; 1.) a drop in the cost of very high 
bandwidth radios capable of servicing huge numbers of people, 2.) the 
understanding by local entrepreneurs that an investment in this 
equipment will be good for their profit margins as motivation to deploy 
this type of infrastructure, 3.) local governments will understand that 
economic development will benefit by allowing these networks to be built 
which will be good for their tax revenues - because, let's face it, that 
is what every government I am familiar with is concerned with.

What needs to also be conveyed is this is no longer simply a broadband 
service, it is the entire telecommunications package all rolled into one 
and if you don't think that has some very wealthy people scared beyond 
belief, I would like to suggest we need to find a way for these people 
to understand that they should WANT to be a part of this revolution.

Respectfully,

Ken DiPietro

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