Thats because the USA p[aid for most everything in Europe after they
destroyed it during WWII.......Germany had just about finished most of
the Autobahn before the war, the US destroyed a lot of it, and rebuilt
it after the war, and were still sending money to these other european
countries after all these years.....Then again I am not too familiar
with foreign politics, but I would have to htink europeans have a long
way to go before they catch up to american politics and kickback
projects that use up more money than the actual project does....Samew
for the pork barrel spending by congress.........you scratch my back
for this and I'll scratch yours for that!


The 75% of the korean population is sort of questionable..........Is
that 75% of the population that HAS computers? I spent time in Korea
and to be honest their systems are down more than they are up. bei it
water, gas, electrictiy or phone.......They are no where even close to
American standards of living. There is nothing wrong with having
aerial wire.........and don;t think for a minute underground service
is trouble free by any means.........its not........My underground
service just got taken out last weekend by lightning.............and
its over 5 feet deep..........


On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 14:03:42 -0500, "DKat"
wrote:

==="Derek Broughton" wrote in message
...
=== DKat wrote:
===
=== South Korea has over 75% of its population on fast internet connections.
=== We are one of the few westernized countries that still runs out electric
=== and communication lines on poles that get knocked down in storms (the
=== Brits
=== refer to us as that odd country that runs its wires up in the air)... I
===
=== Really? Most of North America still has it's power and communication
=== lines
=== on poles. It really isn't feasible to bury them in countries the size of
=== ours.
===
===I have never been able to understand that argument (that we are too big to
===be able to have the same quality of roads, infrastructure, etc. as Europe).
===What does size have to do with it? We also have more money and resources
===than they do. If you look at it on a state by state basis you can hardly
===say the Delaware is larger than the Netherlands (~5000sqKM vs ~40000sqKM).
===Basically it just sounds like we are making up excuses for not being as good
===as we should be. Yes I know that may get me labeled as unpatriotic and
===thrown in jail in today's climate but I happen to love my country enough
===that I want it to be the best it can be and it strikes me as crazy not to
===demand as much from those running it. Why are we settling for being last in
===education, last in infant mortality (a higher percentage of our children die
===than all other advanced 1st world nations), etc.?
===
===OK, enough. sorry - it is just that particular argument (that we are too
===big to do things right) tends to send me over the edge. It only falls under
==="it is OK to not give women equal rights and protections because it is a
==="cultural" thing"....
===
===So - is everyone ready for April showers to be followed by May flowers! I
===am!!!
===
===
=== "Carolyn" wrote in message
===
=== Sadly, yes. In rural North Carolina we have no choice except Direcway
=== satellite which is notoriously awful to deal with!!
===
=== Yeah, but how much do you really need to deal with them? I've been on
=== DirecWay for two years now and I've had to deal with tech support twice,
=== and customer support never (admittedly, our reseller is much better at
=== tech
=== support then the stories I hear from Hughes' customers).
=== --
=== derek
===


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