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Title: 80% of the world's population has never heard a...
Post by: GRUNHERZ on March 26, 2004, 11:56:00 PM

Dialtone of a phone... Can you believe that?

Title: Re: 80% of the world's population has never heard a...
Post by: Capt. Pork on March 27, 2004, 12:03:36 AM

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Originally posted by GRUNHERZ
Dialtone of a phone... Can you believe that?

Damn straight. Can't tell if you're connected or not with my idiotic Sprint Cellphone.

Title: 80% of the world's population has never heard a...
Post by: Nefarious on March 27, 2004, 12:08:40 AM

Where did you hear that? 80% is a pretty large number of the Worlds Population.

Title: 80% of the world's population has never heard a...
Post by: GRUNHERZ on March 27, 2004, 12:17:00 AM

Local classical radio station today quoting BBC article...

Title: 80% of the world's population has never heard a...
Post by: Sixpence on March 27, 2004, 12:47:17 AM

They can have mine, all I get is telemarketers anyway.

Title: 80% of the world's population has never heard a...
Post by: crowMAW on March 27, 2004, 01:08:00 AM

We need to invade all those countries and bring AT&T into their lives!!  :aok

Oh...but Halliburton must get the contract to lay the phone lines.  ;)

Title: 80% of the world's population has never heard a...
Post by: Nilsen on March 27, 2004, 04:02:28 AM

they can have some of mine to sixpence

Title: 80% of the world's population has never heard a...
Post by: beet1e on March 27, 2004, 04:09:10 AM

Not surprising when you consider the demographics of the rest of the world, most of which is NOT like the US/UK/Canada/Europe etc. For example, America has about 5% of the world's population but drives about 40% of the world's vehicles! In China, there is about one car per 300,000 population.

Title: 80% of the world's population has never heard a...
Post by: GRUNHERZ on March 27, 2004, 04:24:54 AM

I wouldnt find it surprising except for the recent global explosion of cell phones which makes it much easier to install telephone infrastructure in 3rd world nations compared to line based systems.

Title: 80% of the world's population has never heard a...
Post by: Cerceuilvolant on March 27, 2004, 08:51:23 AM

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Originally posted by beet1e
Not surprising when you consider the demographics of the rest of the world, most of which is NOT like the US/UK/Canada/Europe etc. For example, America has about 5% of the world's population but drives about 40% of the world's vehicles! In China, there is about one car per 300,000 population.

Wow, just 3333 cars in China?! :aok

Title: 80% of the world's population has never heard a...
Post by: Batz on March 27, 2004, 09:06:08 AM

Your math is off...

China population

1,284,303,705 (July 2002 est.)

Try again :)

Title: 80% of the world's population has never heard a...
Post by: Cerceuilvolant on March 27, 2004, 09:42:02 AM

Errrrh, wow, just 4281 cars in China? :aok

Title: 80% of the world's population has never heard a...
Post by: Nilsen on March 27, 2004, 09:42:41 AM

4281,01235 cars

what do i win?

Title: 80% of the world's population has never heard a...
Post by: eskimo2 on March 27, 2004, 09:45:39 AM

I have and use a 1940/50s Bakalite Telephone in my bedroom.  It still works perfectly.

eskimo

Title: 80% of the world's population has never heard a...
Post by: AKIron on March 27, 2004, 09:53:12 AM

Interesting article on cars in China:

http://www.time.com/time/asia/2003/china_boom/story.html

Title: 80% of the world's population has never heard a...
Post by: bpti on March 27, 2004, 02:28:23 PM

that's because 80% of the world uses pulse dialing :lol
ignoramus