NODE 0cd9a214HUL_loo
John Young <jya@pipeline.com>Tue, 3 Oct 95 18:41:44 PDT
The Economist of September 30-October 6 has a long survey
of global telecommunications, excellently researched
and written:
The death of distance as a determinant of the cost of
communications will probably be the single most
important economic force shaping society in the first
half of the next century. It will alter, in ways that
are only dimly imaginable, decisions about where people
live and work; concepts of national borders; patterns of
international trade. Its effects will be as pervasive as
those of the discovery of electricity.
Buy it, see it at http://www.economist.com, or, in a pinch:
HUL_loo (92 kb in 6 parts)
NODE 0fe84264Re: HUL_loo
fc@all.net (Dr. Frederick B. Cohen)Tue, 3 Oct 95 19:25:17 PDT
>
> The Economist of September 30-October 6 has a long survey
> of global telecommunications, excellently researched
> and written:
>
> The death of distance as a determinant of the cost of
> communications will probably be the single most
> important economic force shaping society in the first
> half of the next century. It will alter, in ways that
> are only dimly imaginable, decisions about where people
> live and work; concepts of national borders; patterns of
> international trade. Its effects will be as pervasive as
> those of the discovery of electricity.
Sounds like an extract from the first chapter of my recent book:
"Protection and Security on the Information Superhighway"
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