Hi Tim, RE: "it forced a standard which was inflexible"
One more thought on this comment...I doubt the IP standards get impacted by say 10-year old fiber, since fiber is just glass that doesn't know anything about protocols and standards. I loosely say IP runs over anything, fiber, wireless, etc. But the terminal ends control the conversion of packets, so, 10-year old fiber wouldn't impact innovation of any standards. If anything impacts innovation of IP protocols and standards, it would be only the terminal ends, right? Doesn't it boil down to, how easily can terminal ends be replaced at a low cost? (I'm definitely getting out of my area of expertise here.) Wireless sounds easier, but too bad it's congested and has low bandwidth.
Regards,
Amy J |
