Should we oppose the Data Superhighway/NII?

[Graham Toal]

In article <9311111430.AA28017 at snark.lehman.com> pmetzger at lehman.com writes:
>A single fiber optic strand has enough capacity in theory to carry the
>equivalent of every call made in the U.S. during the peak capacity
>utilization period on Mother's Day. A single fiber can carry more data
>than can be transmitted by the entire radio spectrum from low
>frequency AM to Ku band satelite. Thats bandwidth for literally
>thousands of simultaneous video signals.

"All the world's comms needs can be met with a single fibre"

contrast this with a famous quotation from history...

"All the country's computing needs can be met with a single computer"

:-)

G
(It'll be a nice one to quote to my grandchildren in years to come...)