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To: GraceZ who wrote (19317)	1/29/2000 12:44:00 PM
From: JayPC	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29970

A 10,000,000 channel universe. imon.com For $31,000 you can buy a "TV station in a box" When prices come down (and they will) every company, store, tourist board, even family, will have their own internet TV station. Imagine the bandwidth required to support this. Regards Jay

To: GraceZ who wrote (19317)	1/29/2000 1:58:00 PM
From: E. Davies	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29970

An overview of the fiber optic backbone. Important to note is that @home is finally making an attempt to promote the backbone as one of the @home advantages. I've long wondered why they have been so silent about it. Some things I learned: True Physical Redundancy Each serviceable market has at least two physically diverse network paths coming in and out. This ensures that @Work customers in a given region maintain the same high levels of service if a route to that region should fail. ... Broadband VPNs Due to the added capacity of the new Excite@Home backbone, @Work can provide segregated and managed bandwidth for businesses looking for private network performance -- OC-3 (155Mbps) levels and above -- at public network rates. ... Another advantage of the new Excite@Home backbone is the strength of the Points of Presence (POPs) that hold the fiber system. All POPs feature 48-volt DC power, generator backup, restricted access, air conditioning, and 24 x 7 surveillance to protect the fiber system, as well as provide quick disaster recovery. All @Work termination points (routers) will reside in these robust, carrier-class POPs, and connect directly to the fiber system. ... This direct connection to the fiber system also allows @Work to simplify its network configuration by removing superfluous routers, ATM switches, and expensive SONET add/drop multiplexors. And the final plug-- The bottom line is that the new Excite@Home backbone gives @Work customers access to a simplified and mature network capable of delivering unsurpassed throughput, flexibility, security, and reliability. Coupled with @Work's focus on end-to-end management and proactive 24 x 7 network monitoring, this network makes @Work a leading provider of high-performance, fault tolerant IP services. Eric