Knowing About wrote:

>
> West sounds almost utopian as he explains the big picture of what all
> this will mean. WiMAX-based 4G networks will make possible pervasive,
> immediate, visual interactions that he believes will make for a better,
> and more humane, world. "It's hard to stay mad at people when
> you're in close communications with each other," he says. A mobile
> WiMAX network, with the bandwidth to support voice and video, will make
> such closeness possible, he says.
>
> He describes a not-too-distant future in which his daughter can set up
> a small digital camera and a companion, compact flat screen so he can
> view his granddaughter's recital in real time. "I can literally be
> there with her," he says.


Typical marketing hype. If you want to be "close to someone" and
"literally be there" then you need to *be there*.