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To: FESHBACH_DISCIPLE who wrote (1132)	10/24/2000 3:21:47 PM
From: Raymond Duray	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 46821

Hi FD, The vision is that with Fiber Optics brought close to, if not exactly into the residence that far more advanced services will be available. Video-conferences with Grandma on Sunday mornings, video on demand, the complete re-invention of the music distribution channel, all manner of live financial data streams and a lot else. Some visionaries even see us as being able to watch the SuperBowl being played out holographically on our living room floors. In short, there are a ton of applications that are being held in abeyance now because of bandwidth constraints, and there are probably an equal if not larger number that are yet to be invented. The limitations of screen size mean that we will not be terribly interested in broadband connectivity for our Nokias and our Blackberries. It just won't make any sense to throttle capacious signals through those teeny screen. The real advantages come about when you've got lots of screen acreage. Am i wrong to believe that fiber optics is just being laid from the edge of one city to another through moose pasture? Take a look at Metromedia Fiber Networks business plan (MFNX). They are laying a vast network, and most of it is in urban centers. Keep in mind that DSL is limited to a short distance from the Central Office, so there are a majority of suburban end users who not be able to avail themselves of this service for at least the next few years. SBC is rolling out what are called NGDLCs (Next Generation Digital Loop Carriers) that will be spreading DSL much further into the neighborhoods, but it won't happen overnight. Can anyone explain how fiber optics helps in the last mile to 100 million residential homes in the u.s.a? Today, the most salient examples are the NGDLC, where the signals from multiple copper connections are routed from the remote terminal location to the central office over glass. And the HFC, hybrid fiber co-axial systems that are becoming ubiquitous for the MSOs, the multiple service operators, or cable companies, as it were. HTH Best, Ray