My firm Global Telematics is a policy thinktank for economic developers, telecommunications companies, and transportation agencies. I'm going to share with you some of our very latest conceptions about the place of telecommunications in economic development. I won't pretend that what I have to say to you is easily reducible to a cookbook formula. You will have to put a lot of your own experience, and the unique conditions in your own communities and regions into economic development stew, or brew. What I have to say is not a recipe, but rather an attempt to make sure that you are cooking in the right pot, on the right stove, in the right kitchen.
Sound ideas are the basis for effective action.
But first, it is very important to understand the technology of telecommunications. Something you are probably worried about from me as a telecommunications specialist is whether you are going to understand what I am saying. I'm going to help you right now. You have to know the jargon. When you don't know the jargon, you have to bluff.