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To: Link Lady who wrote (9153)	11/12/2000 2:08:40 AM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12823

Thanks Link Lady, I think I've come across Jim Caroll in real life in the past, perhaps ten years ago. I'll pursue, in order to find out if its the one and the same individual. Could be a coincidence. The yottabit futurisms will indeed come to fruition, although it's difficult to imagine such a state with the overhang we are forced to live with from day to day. And that overhang, of course, is engendered by the realities of the status quo systems that enter our homes almost universally, the ones that are supported by providers who don't want to, or don't know how to, take the leap into fiber. There are entire industries who are both subtly, or otherwise, working against such a move, each with their own vested, self-serving needs and requirements to protect several decades of inter-twined investments geared to preserving the past. Problem is, and one reason why I feel bad about making statements like these, many of them are genuine in thinking that they are marching towards progress. In fact, they are merely shooting more formaldehyde into the veins of the cadaver hoping to see continued signs of life. And the problem with this is that they are making very ambitious claims that they can support services that they cannot. Watch the next generation of our children, who are among us now, squirm as they wonder why they are still "tuning" around analog restrictives in their living rooms and desktops, when the rest of the universe has embraced digital. Fast digital. And the faster it gets, the more it needs optical. Their days are numbered, but the captains of these entrenched industries will insist on going down with the ship. Armstrong, Case, Levin, are you listening? Start selling that black coaxial stuff now to a copper smelting plant, while there is still a market with the government for minting pennies. In the meantime there is plenty of time for making money on obsolescence. Hey, I'm a realist, what can I tell you? Inertia has its penalties. Link Lady, thanks for the link, Lady. FAC