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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (5268)	9/17/1999 10:53:00 AM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 12823

USWEST's new twist is OK for home users. For business users, it requires always on and symmetrical.

To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (5268)	9/17/1999 11:19:00 AM
From: Raymond Duray	Respond to of 12823

Hi Frank, The bottleneck problem that the dialup DSL is to remedy is the demand on CO space and the # of modems required in the CO to serve a certain sized customer base. By aggregating end users, the telco can reduce the # of CO modems, thereby keeping costs down. I could see such advantages being built into head end equipment for HFC systems, although the economic tradeoffs of greater system management complexity would have to be considered vis a vis the brute force approach now in place. I think it would be close to a wash and I know that the customer base for the HFC systems would be angered by what would appear to be the ruthless MSOs taking away one of the best features of the HFC approach, namely the elimination of the inane dial-up rituals of the analog POTS world. Regarding wireless, the day when there is a large customer base in the burbs is so far off that it is worth keeping in mind that the consumers of LMDS and MMDS services are by and large businesses and they will not tolerate the iffy service of the dial-up world, especially at the prices currently quoted. Around Bend, my point of reference for wireless is a couple of vendors, KMX and High Point who are providing high speed data links at a rate of about $500 for a T-1 equivalent. BTW, the rumor is that they both use the ISM band at ~2.4G and are experiencing interference problems. Typical tragedy of the commons stuff.

To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (5268)	9/20/1999 10:32:00 AM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12823

In the wake of Floyd: A NJ Storm Report and Forecast as viewed by Sean Donelan on the NANOG List: "Bell Atlantic indicates 95%-99% of the telephone service should be restored from their New Jersey Rochelle Park office by 9am Monday morning. Bell Atlantic and AT&T Wireless, who also has equipment in the same building, have put updates on their web sites and issued media releases about their progress. Apparently in the past BA had used a half-dozen pumps to keep the water out of the building, but residents in the area complained that practice made the flooding worse in their houses, so they weren't used this time. "At its peak, 99 Bell Atlantic reported central offices on backup power. "Something to watch out for the next few days in North Carolina. Due to road damage from flooding, diesel deliveries are iffy in much of eastern North Carolina. Unless power is restored, some facility generators may run dry."