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Technology Stocks : LAST MILE TECHNOLOGIES - Let's Discuss Them Here
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To: G.F. who wrote (2953)2/25/1999 8:54:00 PM
From: ftth  Read Replies (2) of 12823
 
Geez, you'd think this was a "hot stock" thread or something, with the number of posts today!

re:<< Why doesn't someone build a modem that can handle any and all of the different pipes out there?>>

Such efforts have been worked, although when you work on such a thing you realize rather quickly that the ability to handle "anything" increases the cost dramatically over a fixed-function modem. Not much in the way of reusable (or duplicate) function in the lower 2 layers, and vastly different frequency ranges and channel models. They don't really funnel into one path until you get down to an MPEG transport stream.

Another Buzz-word for you....these are termed "transport-agnostic."
There'll be such beasts in the near future, but they'll only be semi-universal. I'm not sure I'm convinced such a thing is going to be a money maker until the consumer shows a desire to want to pay a premium for such a thing. The first ones will more than likely be for DVB systems since the standards are more centralized.

Down the road a few years, such a thing is more likely since much more of the hardware can be sucked into software/DSP code, and with the touch of a "pipe select" button you pick which pipe you're connecting to and the modem "reconfigures" itself accordingly. At that point it can truly be cost effective and attractive to the consumer.

dh
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