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To: Boplicity who wrote (138294)	8/2/1999 12:23:00 PM
From: rudedog	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176387

Greg - There are several reasons why your timetable is too pessimistic. - no rewiring necessary - phone line (tut) and powerline networking will improve over the rest of this year to be about as good as 10 meg ethernet on twisted pair. - Next round will probably be wireless, waiting on the 8 Mb standard to become mainstream, also in the next 6 months or so. - Then new machines or existing machines with converters will be easily networked. - The cable guys and others will provide compelling components which will make networked home more attractive - All of the traditional network problems (addressing, segmenting, etc.) will be invisible. - The technology is already in place and really what is missing is the reason why customers would care. Actual use should be no harder than cable TV...