1. University of Minnesota First Mile Turmoil Andrew Odlyzko Digital Technology Center University of Minnesota http.//www.dtc.umn.edu/~odlyzko

2. University of Minnesota US Telecom Revenues Last 150 years: Growth 2 percent per year faster than GDP YearRevenue (billions) Increase (percent) 1995$190 1996$21211.6 1997$2319.0 1998$2466.5 1999$2699.3 2000$2938.9 2001$3023.0 2002$294-2.7

3. University of Minnesota Long-Haul Is Not Where The Action Is: Construction Cost$850 M Sale Price$18 M Annual Operating Cost$10 M Lit Capacity192 Gb/s Ave. Transatlantic Internet Traffic60 Gb/s  360networks Transatlantic Cable

4. University of Minnesota First Mile:  Moore's Law  Creative destruction  Disruptive technologies

5. University of Minnesota More Arguments And Data At: especially in paper - "The many paradoxes of broadband"