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To: crazyoldman who wrote (14003)	10/16/2000 12:16:30 PM
From: Rob S.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

Fiber optic bandwidth is at least following Moore's Law. They say that is it doubling about every 12 months rather than Moore's constant of 18 months. The problem of connecting to the "last mile" remains the troubling obstacle to greater expansion. Unfortunately, that is more a capital driven and "market formation" road-black as it is a technology hurdle. High speed bandwidth saturation is still around 15% despite all the talk of access from traditional telcos and cable companies. There is little argument that high speed access will eventually become pervasive. But then HDTV was supposed to have been a big thing by now. Several years ago, the computer trade press announced the "Age of the Network" for several years before it become a huge phenomena. They were right, but early. Just when the high speed Internet becomes a REALLY BIG THING that drives the electronics industry to even greater gains remains the question. Local phone and cable companies still seem unprepared to make it happen.