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To: Steve Lewis who wrote (19468)	2/7/2000 11:34:00 PM
From: ahhaha	Respond to of 29970

But the strategy is specious. You are suggesting that an inferior way is preferable for no clear reason. The synthetic issue for MSOs and telcos is cost. The copper angle is lower cost and is adequate. The problem is that suddenly you find yourself ten years from now locked into unforgiving metal because during the interim all these other considerations came into play so that funds were never available to make the necessary upgrade. So how does one proceed with Pure? BEL was proceeding, but it seems they have decided that doing something that would gain them tremendous advantage in time was imprudent. They should consult with MSOs more often. The way to do it is incrementally as BEL was. You just start installing the conduit and pulling the Pure. It doesn't even matter where you pull it. In time all the other necessary infrastructure items become cheaply available from continuing and exponentially growing developments in photonics. Ten years later you have a complete system and you can't even identify the cost that was incurred in the past. Compare that with the circumstance of government protected TCI and the mess Att mistakenly purchased. I'll never understand why the choice of something inferior is preferable. It has something to do with poverty thinking. That's no way to run a business. If you are going to do anything, do it right or don't do it at all.