[governance] US Ambassador Kramer's Remarks on the WCIT

[Suresh Ramasubramanian]

Me neither. I am afraid M.Fullsack's attempt at sarcasm fell rather flat as, unknown to him, the punchline of his joke turned out to be true ..

--srs (iPad)

On 17-Dec-2012, at 5:42, McTim <dogwallah at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 6:21 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian
> <suresh at hserus.net> wrote:
>> doption of mobile telephony hasn't been driven by the smartphone users as it
>> has by a large number of poor people - manual laborers, fishermen,
>> maidservants and such.  It gives them independence and access to information
>> which helps them add far more value to their lifestyle than an executive is
>> helped by his blackberry or ipad.
> 
> 
> plus access to banking services/mobile money.
> 
> "How happy these Africans are, thanks to mobile and the Internet" is spot on.
> 
> Have you ever met any that are unhappy about it?  I have not, and I
> was there for many years.
> 
> -- 
> Cheers,
> 
> McTim
> "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A
> route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel

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