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Technology Stocks : LAST MILE TECHNOLOGIES - Let's Discuss Them Here
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To: lml who wrote (3476)4/28/1999 12:42:00 AM
From: semi_infinite   Read Replies (1) of 12823
 
lml,
The argument in favor of g.lite is reasonable if the bottleneck is the backbone itself as stated below in a g.lite white paper. (here is the link orckit.com The chipsets coming out, like Lucent and Fujitzu/Orckit, support both g.lite and full adsl. So, it seems that g.lite is a reasonable incremental step towards higher speeds and Internet-2. IMHO
<Executive Summary

Full ADSL, up to 8.2 Mbps downstream and 768 Kbps upstream, originally intended for video
applications is now targeted for bringing high-speed Internet access to residential and small
business users. For this new market, access speeds at 10% of full ADSL capabilities are quite
adequate for surfing today's Internet. Key to this is the inherent constraint of the Internet
backbone, which cannot support throughputs above 300 to 400 Kbps. Although backbones are
built on super high-speed fiber optic networks, throughput is based on many other elements
such as: Internet traffic conditions, routers, servers, and PCs. Having a sports car that can drive
at 150 mph does not mean you can drive from New York to Boston averaging 150 mph. In
reality, our sports car will do little better than an average family car. >
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