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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (1010)	10/12/2000 12:48:53 AM
From: axial	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 46821

Thanks, Frank - You just nailed an important issue. I approached (we all start somewhere) the question of networks from the standpoint of mobile comms, and the questions of QoS and latency were central. The example I used was a commuter on a train in New York, making a call to another commuter, on a freeway in LA. To me, 360 Networks' decision, given the huge latencies involved in attempting such a call on an all-IP network, means one of two things: (a) they have decided to abandon traffic classes that need tight QoS constraints, or, (b) they see a way to provide QoS on IP networks. The premise underlying 4G is that IP can be made to work, that telephony and streaming multimedia can be brought to mobile devices, with sufficient QoS to make the service viable. This seems like a step that no one else has been prepared to take, but perhaps I'm overstating the implications. Regards, Jim