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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (837)	6/24/1998 11:33:00 PM
From: Daniel G. DeBusschere	Read Replies (1) of 3178

Frank - if the cost of bandwidth gets cut 95% or more on the backbone, then the only way to make up the shortfall is volume. My contention is that copper in any form does not have the capacity to deliver the volume required to make the current carriers revenue goals. If everything is digital, IP and on the same pipe, how can one charge for voice calls differently from streaming e-commerce video? Are we headed for flat rate pricing that is consistent with current rates but with delivered bandwidth rates one hundred times greater than 64kbps PCM? Streaming enhanced DVD video takes 6+ megabits - that's about 100 times. And 6 megabits is an absolute minimum with rates in the 100 megabits range possible. Your turn. Best wishes Dan

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