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To: Ray Jensen who wrote (1494)	5/2/1998 4:44:00 PM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12823

Ray, I just _knew_ that you would touch on the LMDS aspect of this. <g> VoIP, OC-24 capacity, Lord-di... How about loop-locked wannabe DSL service providers in suburban areas who can get the local wire to the sub but who will not pay the extortion rates of the LECs for the backbone component to the next tier up? [[But who is to say that their rates will not be comparable?]] They then could not only support Internet Access but, through extension, VoIP as well. Heck, VoIP centrex services... nah, that would be a mutually exclusive combination, wouldn't it? Then again... skytrex? How does this fair vis a vis the likes of Teledesic and other proposed last mile wireless services? Wireless local loop schemes. And how could CAI Wireless (CAWS), say, make use of this platform, in the wake of the somewhat arbitrary near-fate that they met at the hands of two BOCs for what some would argue were purely positioning and political reasons? Anyway, I'm glad that you took the trouble to confirm their claim of frequency registration. That at least clinches the legitimacy of their press releases. I wonder what they could do to extend this concept. FOG-like fiber-optic tethers between adjacent ships? Air to surface, to the ground? Oy! Who ever thought that the information theory model would lead to something like this? Frank ps - Whose digital cross connect systems do you suppose they'll be using up there? And, did the NEBS compliance set ever take this kind of environment into account. <smile>