Early man
Network problems delay launch of third-generation wireless services.
BY Evan Rosen
The Isle of Man, a 227-square mile self-governing territory of the British crown, boasts a history of firsts. Women got the right to vote on the island in 1866, more than a half century before womenÕs suffrage in the U.S. or the U.K. Manx Radio, the first commercial radio station in the British Isles, began broadcasting on the Isle of Man in 1964. With a cluster of offshore financial services companies requiring broadband services, British Telecom views the island as an ideal test bed for its latest and greatest telecommunications products. British TelecomÕs Manx Telecom introduced asymmetric DSL service on the Isle of Man before any other British Telecom service area, and Isle of Man residents and businesses also got an early start using ISDN.
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Rosen is chief strategist with Impact Video Communication in San Francisco and the author of Personal Videoconferencing. He can be reached at erosen@impactvid.com.
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