IP: More re Europe's Internet Lag: An American Fabrication?

[David Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

> From: Andreas Ramos <Andreas.Ramos () brio com>
> To: "'farber () cis upenn edu'" <farber () cis upenn edu>
> Subject: RE: Europe's Internet Lag: An American Fabrication?
> Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 09:52:56 -0700
>
> Look beyond urban legends? I graduated from Heidelberg. Practically NONE of
> my European friends, whom are all doctors, lawyers, scientists, etc., have
> personal email; the very few who have work email rarely use it (perhaps one
> or two emails per year.) Nearly all have only one telephone handset in their
> house, whereas in the USA, a handset per room is normal. None have fax
> machines at home. Only a few have cell phones.
>
> Europeans are technophobic.