Maybe so but our markets are more important. Look, if it's so difficult for these ISPs in Africa, then maybe THEY should have developed the internet. Someone else was writing a speech on how the West has kept Africa under its bootheel; I disagree. I say the West hasn't had to. Africa is full of resources and labor that could be put to good use by Westerners; if they lack the leadership or managerial ability to turn a profit and catch up to the rest of the world despite such boundless possibilities then I hope they pay double for their connections.
It give a gradient to work against, a motivator to improve. There's certainly little evidence of such motivation now.
The way to draw more current is more resistance!
--Giganutz!
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Maybe so but our markets are more important. Look, if it's so difficult for these ISPs in Africa, then maybe THEY should have developed the internet. Someone else was writing a speech on how the West has kept Africa under its bootheel; I disagree. I say the West hasn't had to. Africa is full of resources and labor that could be put to good use by Westerners; if they lack the leadership or managerial ability to turn a profit and catch up to the rest of the world despite such boundless possibilities then I hope they pay double for their connections. It give a gradient to work against, a motivator to improve. There's certainly little evidence of such motivation now. The way to draw more current is more resistance! --Giganutz!