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From: carlson@odin.net (Steven Carlson)
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At 12:50 PM 3/19/95, Andras Vagvolgyi wrote:

  > I think even in a poorly equiped country  like Hungary we don't have the
  > luxury not to think seriously about the  chances what the new
  > technologies offers to news media, though of course  here in Cambridge
  > surounded with cutting edge technologies I also  developed some
  > sceptisism with the ueber-enthusiastic Information Super  Highway
  > madness. There is a long way to go even in the States or Japan  but no
  > responsible media-folk can ignore the challenges.

I'm intrigued Andras. It's easy for me to be sceptical here in Hungary with
a 9.6 Kb soda straw connection over a MATAV line that often disconnects. I
imagine you have at least 64 Kb access over a university LAN.

How are you sceptical? What are your criticisms?



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Critical Mass Media Inc.                        Internet trainer, consultant
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