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To: Raymond Duray who wrote (7136)	5/30/2000 10:59:00 PM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Respond to of 12823

It appears that Insight reached the same conclusion that we did last fall for Valueman... Message 11818263 Curious, wouldn't you say?, how Insight omits any mention in their account of 802.11 wireless Ethernet LAN or Bluetooth, or any other wireless approach, as alternatives to "hardwired?" Or, was that covered elsewhere? Then again, the TIA/EIA standard they were referencing is a residential and small commercial building "wiring" standard, after all. BTW, 10GbE will soon be a reality in the commercial space, which means that its entry into residential cannot be too far behind. Once there, what medium would support it? Conventional thinking suggests singlemode fiber, but multimode is also an option today. Corning, in fact, has a product specifically suited for multigigabit LAN transport called Infinicor (I should like to cover this topic in more detail on FCTF once I've gotten some replies from CGW). If ever a need manifests itself for fiber in the residence, it will very likely be for this reason, since UTP and Coaxial distance support will not be sufficient, nor, most likely, will product availability for same even exist. Already, GbE over coax is all but a non-issue.

To: Raymond Duray who wrote (7136)	5/31/2000 6:48:00 AM
From: MikeM54321	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 12823

"but INSIGHT believes fiber will play only a very minor role in the home market." Ray- Thanks for the Insight comments. We are carrying on a parallel conversation over on FCTF, but my most recent comments are probably better suited to this thread which is- $40/month doesn't drive a lot of fiber deployments. Since 98% of today's residential Internet users would be thrilled to get 1 megabit speeds, I don't see the incentive for incumbents(MSO or telco) to be concerned with fiber. Incumbents are the most short-sighted companies I know of and love band-aids. Not that short-sightedness is such a bad business model for them to follow. Personally I think short-sightedness makes the most sense because it has the least risk. -MikeM(From Florida)