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To: substancep who wrote (22341)	4/5/2000 11:21:00 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 54805

RE: Routing light People, my understanding is, you can switch packets with optical, but you can't route packages with optical. Think of the "switching" as changing the direction of all of the packets involved, and "routing" as sorting all of the packages by the tag on them, and sending them on to a specific destination We had this discussion a couple of weeks ago on the thread, and I thought it was covered pretty well, but I guess some of the companies in the industry are confusing the issue.

To: substancep who wrote (22341)	4/5/2000 11:48:00 PM
From: buck	Respond to of 54805

How can the phenomenon of same wavelength elimination be handled? Whoa! You just trumped me. I'm no quantum physicist, certainly. I just believe that there is someone somewhere doping glass with something that can filter wavelengths, and what is in them. And if they're not doing it now, they will be at some point soon. When you think of how much we've done with light, and yet really how very little, it's mind-boggling. I mean, I'm still dazzled by the idea of DWDM and wavelengths carrying information. I had no problem wrapping my mind around fiber optics when it was binary -- on and off. I guess this will be just the same, except different somehow. buck, who returns you now to much more rational discussions