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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (893)	7/8/1998 10:11:00 PM
From: Scott C. Lemon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 3178

Hello Frank, >>>> >AT&T Outlines Cable-Phone, Net-Service Plans > > techweb.com ><<< > > that was a very ambitious-sounding article. 300 Channels, eh? Here > we go again. They are so limited in their thinking ... why only 300? In a true IP based infrastructure, implemented with hierarchical caching and multicast, there will be billions of "channels" ... anyone can be a broadcaster of streaming multimedia ... even with minimal connection bandwidth (heck, dual ISDN can be used to feed a cache at an ISP that can feed numerous users) ... ;-) > What are your views on the stated plan's coming to fruition? I've > posted my views over in the T thread. Very ambitious, indeed. I too am very interested in how they intend to move forward. I think it's the right direction, but the actual execution? ;-) > Frank C. Scott C. Lemon