Egypt: Unchanged
He and his team are sent to Cairo in 1979 to plan the modernization of Egypts phone service. Phone service at that point is bad. Most of the time there is no dial tone. They think their work can be accomplished in about nine months, but Willis Culpepper of USAID tells them Schedules dont mean a thang here in Egypt. They learn that ARENTO wants technology transfer, plus system redesign, so the nine...
He and his team are sent to Cairo in 1979 to plan the modernization of Egypts phone service. Phone service at that point is bad. Most of the time there is no dial tone. They think their work can be accomplished in about nine months, but Willis Culpepper of USAID tells them Schedules dont mean a thang here in Egypt. They learn that ARENTO wants technology transfer, plus system redesign, so the nine...
