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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (1559)	12/22/2000 5:35:42 PM
From: GraceZ	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 46821

if you want to continue enjoying full-motion NTSC grade video over your Cable Modem connection, I wouldn't boast about it to too many neighbors if I were you... smile I think I'm the only one on my loop way out here, @Home put it in just get me to stop calling them. This is land of the double wide and the West Virginia state flower (huge satellite dish) complete with a few wrecked cars in your front yard. If my neighbors use the Internet at all its to get their Pat Buchanan manifestos and to keep up on worldwide conspiracy theories.

To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (1559)	12/23/2000 9:18:12 PM
From: Raymond Duray	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 46821

Hi Frank, Let's stick to matters of national urgency here :\| How about just one more distraction? The latest Scientific American has a section on fiber optics. Here's what's available online: sciam.com There's a couple more articles in hard copy. Kinda lightweight, but tis the season, eh? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ As far as you matter of national urgency, I'm noticing an interesting parallel in the development of bandwidth as a commodity, much as natural gas or electrical power is in California. Whereas unspent gas can be stored, electricity and bandwidth are consumables that depreciate at the speed of light, use it or lose it, so to speak. So, based on the recent history of the de-regulated power market of California, and the already snippy sysadmin spats at the peering points in the datacomnet, I'd say that we may regret having done in T after it's gone. But I sincerely doubt that this soon-to-be installed administration in Washington has much concern about considering the integrity of the telecom network as a matter of government policy. I view it as an instance where market forces will be allowed to work their invisible hand. And at some point in the future, a lot of folks will wake up one morning and say, "Hey, that wasn't Adam Smith's Invisible Hand, that was just some inside player's sleight-of-hand." And by then, we're in a brave new world. Happy Hollandaise! Et Joyeax Noel, Ray :)