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<p>Dear Michael</p>
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<p>I can't but congratulate you warmly for your address to the WSIS + 10 Review meeting in Paris. For me it's a miliestone in CS expression in the WSIS Process and for that I thank you personnally. </p>
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<p>Adding comments to such a document is rather delicate. Therefore I'd ask you for some comprehension for the following two complementary remarks </p>
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<p>1 - You wrote :</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><But it should be noted that the promise of mobiles as a means to fully access and participate in the Information Society is still denied to many because of a lack of infrastructure (including electricity), the cost of service, the cost of devices, physical limitations in being able to use the devices and overall through the evident difficulty in linking mobiles even where there is wide accessibility and use to effective strategies supportive of broad based social and economic development.></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"></span></span></span></span></span></span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">We should also have in mind that for poor people to be mobile users is detrimental to their vital needs (living costs) and these people represent a significant share among the 350 or so mobile users in subsaharan Africa.   </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">2 - The market and competition driven investments in so-called Broadband Internet infrastructure deployement, leads to duplication and even multiplication of these infrastructures especially in DCs. A best illustrating example are the seven submarine cables along the African West coast ! Since the average cost of such a cable is over 600 M$ you can calculate the amount of useless investment ! For the sake of "Broadband for All" !</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Anyway, your document is perfect and, once again, thanks for it and "bonne chance" to you ! </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">I'm looking forward to meeting you during the WSIS Forum in Geneva if you are there, for continuing the debate   </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Best regards</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Jean-Louis Fullsack   </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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