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Title: WHEN???
Review: Gilder never says WHEN certain milestones are expected. THe only sentence that touches the subject is 'sure, the acts of wasting time will hang around the house for another decade or so', but other than that he does not state when certain capabilites will be attained for the user.I think the 'last mile' problem is an excuse. Sure, it would be logistically very hard to get high-capacity fiber to homes, but the larger office buildings and universities could get it very shortly. Then, consumers will simply use the high bandwidth at work to download their files onto ZIP of CD-RW, and then take it home. High bandwidth will be effectively available to users long before they need it in the home.The new World Trade Center will probably go directly to fiber.
