Kondratieff long wave explaination. "But it was fun while it lasted" conclude our PhD's at the ITU. Page 18 of 23

An interesting datapoint is the 15% reduction in fixedline subscriptions in Finland where they now have 94% mobile penetration. (page 8 of 23). Such a drop in the US would mean an anual loss of $3.5 billion in revenue for the RBOCs. No wonder they make me get a phone with my damn DSL...

ITU 2002 report