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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (9138)	11/8/2000 8:41:34 PM
From: John Stichnoth	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12823

Hi, Frank. Related to your question: How long will it be before widespread conversion begins from copper to fiber? Or, is the roadmap that we're looking at more heterogeneous, i.e., copper living forever, side-by-side with cable (HFC) and with fiber (FTTH), and (OFDM?) fixed wireless and mobile wireless (HDR/3G?). This seems an unlikely future, to me, if only because of the waste implied by companies trying to run and maintain too many parallel lines along the same rights of way. Continued investment in DSL can only be justified by the telcos if they can foresee a timeframe sufficient to fully depreciate their investment. They're still getting up to speed, and acceptance by their customers remains thin on the ground.