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Technology Stocks : George Gilder - Forbes ASAP
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To: EJhonsa who wrote (4854)9/11/2000 3:32:54 AM
From: synchros  Read Replies (1) of 5853
 
Eric wrote:

"Gary, I think that Gilder was suggesting something a bit different. He was predicting an era where advances in DWDM, all-optical switching, and long-haul transmission would allow individual internet users to get dedicated wavelengths on long-haul backbones for the duration of a connection. Thus, on such a backbone, while a routing device would be needed to set up the initial connection, the connection would act as a circuit from then on. So there'd be no need for high-speed routers anywhere except at the edge of these backbones...if you're laughing by now, I don't blame you."

Eric,

This is exactly the same read I get from the Gilder "waste bandwidth" mantra. Each user will have a circuit switched pipeline to waste as he or she wishes. That's one of the reasons he is so down on routers (except at the edge), cause all we'll need is switching.

I guess you can sign me: I'll believe it when I see it.

Synchros
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