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To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (9524)	7/19/2002 12:22:46 PM
From: Jorj X Mckie	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17639

That's a pretty good article. The accurately identify the Telecom Act of 96 as the thing that has killed any implemented innovation in the last mile. Though they are off a bit in saying that there is a technology component to the last mile that hasn't been addressed. The technology exists, but the Telecom Act of 96 removed any reason for the ILECs to upgrade their infrastructure. I also think that they overstate the effect of DWDM. The overcapacity was there without it. And it is pretty funny that they talk about a single phone call going down one fiber and that DWDM enables the ability to put multiple calls down one fiber. 40 gig down a single fiber pair with a single wavelength is right around the corner. I'd need a calculater to figure out how many phone calls that is. Maybe they were just using that as an example to get the idea across.