There are plenty of people in the United States who live in rural areas that aren't served by any mode of broadband, and it looks unlikely that this is going to change.
On the contrary, I would bet things will change a lot in the broadband department, even for rural users, over the next five to 20 years.
Whether it's five, 10, 15, 20 years from now, the concept of driving to the store to buy a plastic disc with data on it and driving back and popping it in the drive will be ridiculous,' Moore said.
Re the comments about Dell's hardware choices, teehee if you think Dell chooses parts only based on their "cheapness." Do you really think Dell is selling millions of computers with hardware that will break at the drop of a hat and drivers that are a "mess," just so they can then field support calls from those millions of people? Dell = Big = Evil.
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There are plenty of people in the United States who live in rural areas that aren't served by any mode of broadband, and it looks unlikely that this is going to change.
On the contrary, I would bet things will change a lot in the broadband department, even for rural users, over the next five to 20 years.
Whether it's five, 10, 15, 20 years from now, the concept of driving to the store to buy a plastic disc with data on it and driving back and popping it in the drive will be ridiculous,' Moore said.
Re the comments about Dell's hardware choices, teehee if you think Dell chooses parts only based on their "cheapness." Do you really think Dell is selling millions of computers with hardware that will break at the drop of a hat and drivers that are a "mess," just so they can then field support calls from those millions of people? Dell = Big = Evil.
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