yes, shortwave will have fading mostly, but how digital technology can
help sw to reach remote places? Will satellite radios be able to reach
every corner of this planet? The price range and subscription services
are still out of reach for most of the people around the world. What I
feel that high-tech worlds will have all the new technolgies -- DRM
and other DAB kind of thingie -- but alas, remote places will be
always "remote" as digital divide goes on.

raqueeb hassan
congo (drc)