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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (6245)	1/13/2000 2:36:00 AM
From: jack bittner	Read Replies (1) of 12823

Frank, may i ask: 1) do you have any opinion on the use of solitons as a last mile solution? they travel at the speed of light and are not as prone to dispersion and loss of signal as photons - limitations that you mentioned re lu's OpticAir system of lasers. some say solitons are not as reliable as photons and they are (presently) considerably more expensive. they'll be great for undersea and transcontinental LD networks, but are they all that much of a plus for nt's qtera, whose 2400 miles w/o regeneration technology depends on solitons? 2) if copper has the speed limitations, coaxial the upstream limitations, and wireless or laser the reliability limitations: would the last mile solution have to be that the cable or phone companies - who at least have rights of way - will finally have to connect a few strands of fibre from the backbone, and pull 'em along the poles and conduits, up through the buildings and into the livingroom? costly, but dependable, and it's just a re-run of what the cable co's just did a few years ago.

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