What is even more magical is that I can remove the telephone connection, point my tiny cellular phone at the computer and continue to connect to the outside world, without any physical connection, not even a power cord. Now that's really magic. Corny as hell, but it captures the spirit. The big telcos should be afraid, very afraid. Wireless IP-driven telecommunication is the future, and the sooner they realize it the better.
Every day brings news of fresh layoffs.
WorldCom's shedding of 6,000 of its workers in the U.S. is but the latest example. The suspicion is that the telcos just haven't got it. They are looking increasingly like the dinosaurs that once stalked the earth, king of all they surveyed. The dinosaurs owned the land and the sea, but were decimated by a meteor from the sky. Cable companies and ancient telcos beware.