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To: MikeM54321 who wrote (497)	7/22/2000 12:39:06 PM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 46821

Did I read unlimited content? This is my article in Phoneplusmag published. phoneplusmag.com Mike, do you remember my network to end all networks? Anything that points in the same direction of the next next generation network is a good bet. IN-BOX Harvesting the Farm I had this model of the next next-generation network. I called it the network to end all the other networks. I've been following dense wave division multiplexing [DWDM] startups, and the cost of optical fiber connectors. You have storage area networks (SAN), say server farms, with huge amounts of content stored and linked via fiber to other SANs with their own server farms. Machines such as Cerent (purchased by Cisco Systems, Inc.) or Optical Networks (www.opticalnetworks.com) pump data in and out of this bandwidth monster. Look to IBM (www.ibm.com), all those mainframes with the software base and the data of insurance companies, banks, airlines, carmakers etc. Imagine the mainframes that process billing for public utilities which are deregulated and unbundled. Those and the data that need to be accessed and "massaged" by people all across the Internet, could be and need to be accessible. Because e-commerce and e-business are going to need it, how taxes will be collected has to be determined, thus an accounting firm would come in very handy. This next next-generation network will allow companies to do business in a cost-effective way. The first one to assemble the whole thing in a coherent manner will become very much like that company in the Pacific Northwest [Microsoft (www.microsoft.com)]. Have you noticed that when you want more speed on your network, or a faster bit rate in your connection to the Internet you REALLY want the fastest possible access to the CONTENT. That's what e-commerce and e-business will require. The faster the price for fiber optics comes down, the quicker this network becomes feasible. Look to the market and all the companies gravitating around Cisco Systems Inc. (www.cisco.com). Add Equinix (www.equinix.com) which is not yet IPO'd to the picture and notice the bandwidth being traded as a commodity and you will see the next next-generation networks in place. The next next-generation networks will be SANs interconnected with other SANs via Cerent or Optical Networks. At interconnection pooling points, operated by an independent third party responsible for scheduling bandwidth connections, monitoring the quality of service (QoS) of each transaction and maintaining the physical security and operational integrity of the transactions is Equinix. Osvaldo Coelho Business Solutions Manager Ericsson Telecom AB Wireline Systems viquingue@telia.com N NOTE: This is my old Swedish E-mail address)