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The last sentence in the article, "shows the need for more infrastructure catering to the needs of smaller populations — say, for the European Union" reminds me
by T-A 13y ago
The last sentence in the article, "shows the need for more infrastructure catering to the needs of smaller populations — say, for the European Union" reminds me of a common US-centric misconception. Almost 500 million people live in the European Union, 740 in Europe including non-EU states, vs 314 in the US. A loss of trust in US-centric infrastructure could be an opportunity for providers catering to the needs of larger populations.
- jfaucett 13y agoSome statistical links for those interested... according to the US gov't census the US has 316,470,920 (http://www.census.gov/popclock/ http://www.census.gov/popclock/) and counting. And according to Eurostat sources (http://europa.eu/about-eu/facts-figures/living/ http://europa.eu/about-eu/facts-figures/living/) the EU is running at 503,678,862.
- sageikosa 13y agoI would think that means a subset of the billions served by globally reaching services.
- achughes 13y agoExcept the policy discussion takes place in the country scale not the territory scale.