Hi Frank,
Let's stick to matters of national urgency here :|
How about just one more distraction? The latest Scientific American has a section on fiber optics. Here's what's available online:
sciam.com
There's a couple more articles in hard copy. Kinda lightweight, but tis the season, eh?
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As far as you matter of national urgency, I'm noticing an interesting parallel in the development of bandwidth as a commodity, much as natural gas or electrical power is in California. Whereas unspent gas can be stored, electricity and bandwidth are consumables that depreciate at the speed of light, use it or lose it, so to speak. So, based on the recent history of the de-regulated power market of California, and the already snippy sysadmin spats at the peering points in the datacomnet, I'd say that we may regret having done in T after it's gone. But I sincerely doubt that this soon-to-be installed administration in Washington has much concern about considering the integrity of the telecom network as a matter of government policy. I view it as an instance where market forces will be allowed to work their invisible hand. And at some point in the future, a lot of folks will wake up one morning and say, "Hey, that wasn't Adam Smith's Invisible Hand, that was just some inside player's sleight-of-hand." And by then, we're in a brave new world.
Happy Hollandaise!
Et Joyeax Noel, Ray :) |
