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...decade or two from now, Vivendi could turn out to be right about satellite TV and the wired by wireless future of the world, and the cable guys will be begging for access on its superhighways. Leaving open the possibility of a truly nightmarish entertainment future - 20,000 channels and nothing but Jerry Lewis...
...only just begun. As al-Qaeda fighters scampered up the mountains in search of safe haven, one of the warlords, Haji Zaman, agreed to a cease-fire without bothering to consult the other two Afghan commanders or the U.S. Zaman claims the Arab-speaking fighters reached him via wireless and offered to surrender on the condition that they be turned over to the United Nations. "They said they had to get in contact with each other and would surrender group by group," Zaman says. He then announced the cease-fire, halted his troops' advance and gave the opposition until...
...white coat left by Al Qaeda fighters who had held a forward ridge the day before. "This is Osama bin Laden's coat!" he yelled as he pulled in on, twisted a white head scarf around his head, and called his commander, Haji Zahir, one more time on the wireless. "I told him, "if you return unsuccessful, I'll kill you,'" says Zahir. "It was sort of a joke, to push him further...
...surrender. Small-arms fire crackled through Tuesday morning, but by afternoon the caves were secure, both sides had declared a cease-fire and the attackers were combing the area that once seemed unassailable for war booty. One of three top commanders, Haji Zaman, spoke with an Arab leader by wireless. "He said don't fight, we want to surrender," says Zaman. He ordered them to give themselves up by 8 AM Wednesday or face a renewed assault...
...back to where it was, will that company do about as well as it had been doing? If there haven't been any new hotels built and people are traveling again, the odds are pretty high that a high-end hotel will prosper. If it's in telecom, where wireless may have substituted for wire line, things will have changed...