And wireless is helping to bridge the digital divide. From the bush country in Alaska to the Gila River Indian Reservation in Arizona, wireless companies are bringing phone service to Americans in remote locations. Many of whom never had wireline service. Of course, America is also adjusting to the wireless world. One restaurant in Manhattan has a special dining room called the cell-phone room where diners can use their wireless phones with impunity.
School teachers have to tell elementary school kids to turn off their phones in class.
And Peggy Post, the great granddaughter of etiquette guru Emily Post, has drawn the line at funerals. But clearly, America is cutting the cord. And this is only the beginning. I believe we will look back and remember this as the time when the Internet migrated out of clunky, cumbersome machines called PCs and into a wide array of handheld wireless devices. It s an exciting future, and I congratulate you on your successes.