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Most of the 3G networks run about as fast as a DSL line. That works fine for transferring modest data files, talking, texting, going online, and even watching video. But, the phone companies don't seem to think consumers and business users will be satisfied by the way their networks operate now. Their next generation of technology will be about ten times faster than the one in the market today. (Read "25 People to Blame for the Financial Crisis...
...they don't understand, and, eventually some will be told that their tech choice lost the battle. A similar problem faced consumers with high definition DVDs. The Blu-ray and HD DVD forces battled for over three years. Blu-ray won that war, but its sales have been very modest. Maybe the new technology seems too expensive to consumers. Maybe most people think video looks fine in standard definition. As CNET recently wrote, movies on Blu-ray disks can cost about twice what a regular resolution DVD does. The backers of Blu-ray and HD DVD each spent billions...
...Geithner unveiled a multi-pronged plan for troubled banks, and on Wednesday President Barack Obama announced a $275 billion program to stem foreclosures and support the housing market. Today's stock market action suggests investors are still in doubt about the potential efficacy of both plans. Defensive stocks showed modest relative strength on Thursday: shares of consumer staple companies were...
...well-formulated, far-seeing study of England’s actions leading up to war. The paper was published, with a little monetary help from a wealthy father and literary advice from a hired reporter, as “Why England Slept,” which became a modest bestseller. Henry Luce, the founder of Life magazine, described the difficulty of separating Kennedy the man from Kennedy the scholar in the book’s preface: “For it is Kennedy, after all, who launched the Peace Corps, challenged his country to land a man on the moon...
...plan could help slow the rate of landline customers cutting the cord, so to speak. The company lost 3.7 million access lines, or 9.3% of its base, in 2008." The phone will take incoming calls and limited calls out. People will have to pay for additional telephoning at a modest price. Of course, smart people may use their cell to call out and take calls on their landline...