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To: musea who wrote (3069)	3/10/1999 7:38:00 PM
From: Craig Wilson	Read Replies (1) of 6846

musea, I am reading a book "Residential Broadband, An Insiders Guide to the Battle for the Last Mile," by Kim Maxwell. It is pretty accessible to non-technical readers, but is hard going in spots. In it he discusses the requirements for things like video-on-demand in terms of storage capabilities and bandwidth. His conclusion is that HDTV, broadcast video and video-on-demand will not be widely available for at least 20 years, and that assumes build-out rates faster than we are seeing today and much more sophisticated network hardware than is currently available. It will essentially require fiber into the home and enormous storage capability locally on the network. The internet as we know it will likely not be the vehicle for this. The most likely hookup for homes and businesses in the near future probably lies in CATV cable lines linked to networks like Qwest is building, and in wireless transmission like that NXLK is building out. So I think we have some growth left in bandwidth development and deployment. Surely MCI knows this by now. Anyway, I recommend the book. Craig Wilson

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