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To: SlateColt who wrote (2522)	6/2/1998 4:16:00 PM
From: Marc Bejarano	Respond to of 11417

re: the wavemeter being able to sit on top of this device exactly! the sprague's need to have a talk with the ION people. my guess is that the cost of this $200 meter is coming significantly from the DSL circuitry that is no doubt included in their "meter". making it a $204 meter that can decrypt wave-enabled content probably wouldn't be a bad idea. this is a very bold move by sprint and i think it is a good one. i also think it is good for wavx. bigger pipes just gives more reasons for wave-enabled content, whether the wavemeter is at the spigot that runs into the house or just the pipe going into the computer. in any case, if sprint really pulls this off, it could be huge. very ambitious little plan of theirs. down with the circuit-switched network of yesterday. bring on the packet-switched network of today/tomorrow. marc

To: SlateColt who wrote (2522)	6/2/1998 9:28:00 PM
From: Marty Lee	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 11417

Re: SlateColt.. Sprint's "plans." If Sprint has a plan, its called SCREWING YOU. Fortunately, the CEO "master minds" of the telephone companies can't walk on water and their plans will not pan out THE WAY THEY'D HAVE IT. A "meter" that costs $200. What a joke! The big boys just have to pop off now and then to tell us how they're "leading the way." Truth is, they're scrabbling for survival.... zdnet.com On the FCC's home page fcc.gov you will see a column called Hot Topics. In this column you will see an item called Internet and Interstate Information Services. This page will give you an overview of the FCC's involvement in the internet. It also summarizes the current status of internet telephony for those interested. fcc.gov In time you should expect to pay a per-minute-fee for an internet voice-to-voice connection. Finally, there have been a number of mergers between internet and telephone companies and I expect the trend to continue (e.g., MCI and Worldcom), so I wouldn't loose sleep over Sprint's or AT&T's future viability. However, as technologies speed and the bandwidth increases, the prices we pay for connectivity should be far less extortive than is currently the case. Just trying to help, Marty