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To: MikeM54321 who wrote (6412)	2/13/2000 11:05:00 PM
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Question for the thread: How fast is fast in the world of wireless internet? What kind of download speeds should a business user expect? Thanks, RTS

To: MikeM54321 who wrote (6412)	2/16/2000 1:16:00 PM
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Thread- In listening to Nortel's Q4 CC, I was surprised to hear that they too (check out post this is linked to) are growing their access business 100% yr-yr. Their access business is much larger in absolute dollars than is Cisco's. I wish I picked up the exact amount, but I missed it. Although optics currently grabs all the headlines, this 100% growth business is a significant indicator out of Cisco and Nortel that the Last Mile is definitely the sweet spot of telecom investing. BTW I also picked up another fun fact to know and tell. As I mentioned before, there are estimated to be 200,000,000 local loops installed in North America. Well I just picked up two figures for the world. They averaged out to be 900,000,000 local loops worldwide today! That's a lot of copper that's not going away anytime soon. And it's all available to upgrade to broadband services. -MikeM(From Florida)