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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (3076)	6/17/2001 10:59:45 PM
From: ftth	Respond to of 46821

re: "Don't you think that autoconfig features can also be built into home networking devices ..." Absolutely, in fact they already are. IPv6 has this, and that is what UPnP (universal plug and play) is all about. Ongoing operational issues is the point. Troubleshooting, repairing, and validating the repair. Not configuring. re: "Of course, such an arrangement would cost money, and users have this notion that everything about the Internet is supposed to be free, or damn near free." Yep, these cheese-ball inferior services have set a prescedent, or expectation, that these things should be free. That will be hard to overcome. Like my @home email troubles where 5 weeks of inoperable email was deemed as "not worthy of a credit/refund" because email is "free." Bundling services is used as a responsibility mask. Since the components aren't broken out separately, they can change their story to suit their best interests for any given problem.

To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (3076)	6/17/2001 11:08:12 PM
From: axial	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 46821

Hi, Frank - An interesting development in the area you and ftth have been discussing lies in the construction of HAVi (Home Audio Video Interoperability) standards. havi.org Basically, we are talking about self-configuring home networks, here. I admit that this standard is not in the domain of your discussion, nevertheless it offers some interesting pointers on where home networking can go. I am not up to speed on the latest HAVi developments, but I do know that the standard had an integral RF component (inter-unit), and that HAVi/home network (ie., data, computer-based) bridging was being discussed, using Java. Last time I looked, some problems WRT HAVi/UPnP/USB had come up; at the time, it was thought these problems were surmountable. Anyway, I guess the point is that such home networks are achievable, and the option (dream?) of offering users easy-to-use self-configuring home networks is far from dead. Speaking just for myself, and looking at the rat's-nest of cabling on my two-computer home network (not to mention my A/V system) - I think it's a winning concept. Regards, Jim Late edit - Still doesn't address ftth's problem of what to do if it all stops working, but I assume you'd be OK until the warranty was up! >vbg<