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To: craig crawford who wrote (1572)	2/25/1998 4:04:00 PM
From: Gary Korn	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 12623

Craig and blankmind, It is enjoyable watching two brilliant minds debate. I see truth in what both of you are saying, and I would include both of your views in my own analysis. Gary Korn

To: craig crawford who wrote (1572)	2/25/1998 4:39:00 PM
From: Bald Man from Mars	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 12623

Crawford: Did you make some money today ??? Can you take me out to lunch tomorrow ???

To: craig crawford who wrote (1572)	2/25/1998 4:51:00 PM
From: blankmind	Respond to of 12623

craig, first i would like to complement you on your approach to discussing issues, you do not construe a disagreement as anything personal, and your comments show insight and thought. on wdm to the small office or home, since my psychic at the psychic friends network was laid off, we shall have to wait and see. i will agree with you that many dsl manufactures will tank or be purchased, this is the way of the technology industry. thank you again for your insights on these matters.

To: craig crawford who wrote (1572)	2/25/1998 9:14:00 PM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Respond to of 12623

WorldCom exec: Keeping up with IP demand isn't easy By Kristi Essick IDG News Service, 2/25/98 With Internet traffic pushing the demand for bandwidth at 1,000%annually, even bandwidth king WorldCom Inc. is facing a difficult challenge to deploy enough network capacity to meet users' needs, said John Sidgmore, WorldCom's chief operating officer, in a speech here at the Internet Service Provision (ISP) '98 conference this morning. WorldCom finds the current bandwidth demand quite frightening, Sidgmore said, in spite of the company's impressive girth: WorldCom's recent series of proposed and completed acquisitions (including Brooks Fiber Properties Inc., MCI Communications Corp., and portions of America Online Inc. and CompuServe Inc.) combined with its expanding network of fiber across the U.S. and Europe make it one of the largest providers of network infrastructure in the world. "This is a scaling challenge that has never been faced before," Sidgmore said. Some of the drivers of this large-scale bandwidth demand include faxing and voice over the Internet, video and audio applications, and the migration of legacy corporate applications onto the 'Net. However, an unseen traffic driver is what Sidgmore described as an army of "silicon cockroaches" roaming the Internet. These "cockroaches" are computer-to-computer communication applications such as intelligent agents that automatically search thousands of sites, and automated modem communication scripts. The most important thing for telecommunication providers to remember is that voice will become a limited application on networks in the future. By 2000, 50 percent of all telecom traffic will be Internet related, a figure climbing to 99 percent by 2004, he said. "The networks of the next century aren't going to be built for voice," Sidgmore said. "Voice will just be a niche market." So how can large and small infrastructure providers -- from WorldCom to new providers such as Level 3 Communications Inc. - rise to the challenge of providing 1,000 percent more bandwidth each year, while still keeping Internet access at the very low cost expected by users? First, by laying miles and miles of fiber, Sidgmore said. But also by deploying new technologies that let more traffic flow over existing pipes - such as the Dense Wave Division Multiplexer (DWDM) system, caching technologies, faster routers, and cheaper and better electronic equipment. Merging with bigger telcos doesn't hurt either, said Sidgmore, who was CEO of UUNet Technologies Corp. when he sold it to MFS Communications Co. several years back. "I didn't see how we could scale on our own," Sidgmore said. "That is why I sold UUNet to MFS." But MFS was just a step on the road to a larger enterprise. Months later, WorldCom snapped up MFS/UUNet to help increase its own network infrastructures