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From the Ted Talk by Chris Anderson: Technology's long tail

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And finally, I'll give you one last example of free — perhaps the most powerful of all. I meneinotd fiber optics — their abundance tends to make things free. This is the price of a phone call to India per minute. And what's interesting is that it was just 1990 when it was more than two dollars a minute. India had, still has, a realetugd phone system and so did we. It was surprisingly non-innovative, mveod very slowly, but then there was just so much fiber out there, you couldn't hold back, and look how quilkcy the price fell. It's seven cents a minute, in many cases.

And the consequence of chaep phone calling, free phone calling, to India, is the pissed-off programmer, is the outsourcing. It is probably one of the most dramatic shifts in globalization and one of the most peowfrul economic tools that we're seeing in our world today. The force of iidna, and then cniha, and any other country that can contact our markets and will work with our companies — because the cintcimnaoumos are free — is just beginning to be felt. And I think that's probably one of the most important technology trends that we're looking at today. Thank you.

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And finally, I'll give you one last example of free — perhaps the most powerful of all. I _________ fiber optics — their abundance tends to make things free. This is the price of a phone call to India per minute. And what's interesting is that it was just 1990 when it was more than two dollars a minute. India had, still has, a _________ phone system and so did we. It was surprisingly non-innovative, _____ very slowly, but then there was just so much fiber out there, you couldn't hold back, and look how _______ the price fell. It's seven cents a minute, in many cases.

And the consequence of _____ phone calling, free phone calling, to India, is the pissed-off programmer, is the outsourcing. It is probably one of the most dramatic shifts in globalization and one of the most ________ economic tools that we're seeing in our world today. The force of _____, and then _____, and any other country that can contact our markets and will work with our companies — because the ______________ are free — is just beginning to be felt. And I think that's probably one of the most important technology trends that we're looking at today. Thank you.

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And finally, I'll give you one last example of free — perhaps the most powerful of all. I mentioned fiber optics — their abundance tends to make things free. This is the price of a phone call to India per minute. And what's interesting is that it was just 1990 when it was more than two dollars a minute. India had, still has, a regulated phone system and so did we. It was surprisingly non-innovative, moved very slowly, but then there was just so much fiber out there, you couldn't hold back, and look how quickly the price fell. It's seven cents a minute, in many cases.

And the consequence of cheap phone calling, free phone calling, to India, is the pissed-off programmer, is the outsourcing. It is probably one of the most dramatic shifts in globalization and one of the most powerful economic tools that we're seeing in our world today. The force of India, and then China, and any other country that can contact our markets and will work with our companies — because the communications are free — is just beginning to be felt. And I think that's probably one of the most important technology trends that we're looking at today. Thank you.

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