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To: axial who wrote (14727)	4/22/2006 8:40:56 AM
From: Peter Ecclesine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 46821

Hi Jim, >>1 - Any finite transmission medium can eventually become saturated with traffic.<< The point is electromagnetic waves and photons do not saturate. Receivers designed without regard for 'interference' may fail. petere PS Here in California, CalTrans used to measure traffic density by aerial photos and counting the % of roadway surface visible, the rest was occupied. There is no similar metric for electromagnetic waves/spectrum that would be based in science.

To: axial who wrote (14727)	4/22/2006 9:32:01 AM
From: ftth	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 46821

Hi Jim, you forgot #3.D.: screw 'em and leave it as-is. Competitive pressures are marginal enough that "leave it as-is for as long as possible" is not only an option, it is the prevalent choice. That's a real problem. As long as none of the competitiors "rocks the boat" in a quest for competitive advantage (which is unlikely when there are no pesky new entrants, and high barriers to entry), competition exists in a cozy state of lameness. It's "teflon competition." Every external force you throw at it bounces off. Customer dissatisfaction on any of a number of fronts doesn't really influence the market, because it's equally-low across the board. New technologies, and suppliers thereof, don't really influence the market in a free-flowing way either, because their adoption is in the provider's hands, not the customers or the suppliers. Combine that with high switching costs and no real assurance that a switch to a competitor will even result in something better, and you have a really broken and ineffective marketplace...unless you are one of the providers.