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To: Les H who wrote (1520)	11/21/1999 11:15:00 PM
From: James F. Hopkins	Respond to of 2103

It Could , but in reading it I think most people will not be too impressed. Telcos do face future pressure, but we don't have anything like over capacity on most major network backbones. In fact during peak hours with all the graphic garbage and streaming video most backbones are running at 150% their rated capacity and we are getting brown outs they don't even want to talk about. Most of my Long Distance is now "free" via net phone, so in that respect I can see LD companies facing a problem, as talking LD via the internet catches on. And any one with a sound card and a mike can get the programs free. I use Yahoo messenger it's small and has chat built in and works a ok. Jim