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Technology Stocks : Winstar Comm. (WCII)
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To: Alejandro who wrote (10091)1/20/1999 11:53:00 AM
From: SteveG  Read Replies (1) of 12468
 
<..Then how will the fiber capacity being installed now ever be utilized if it is limited by existing copper and limitation of wireless?..>

Again, think of the efficient design of the circulatory or respiratory systems (or your local water plant). FAT pipes at source, narrowing as they spread out in many smaller local feeders. There will always be (as physically there NEEDS to be) a gradient from the backbone into the local feed.

Certainly at SOME point as our backbone grows significantly (10-20 years?), the cost to install fiber to the enterprise may be necessary for more and more businesses and applications. But I'm guessing that greater efficiencies in squeezing out wirless channel capacity will keep this technology out front for MOST requirements for quite a while. Certainly long after copper is insufficient.

BTW - go DCLK. (4th biggest position, in at $34). And go ARTT!
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