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To: D.J.Smyth who wrote (63583)	9/3/1998 6:27:00 PM
From: The Phoenix	Respond to of 176387

McCluen is right, but a PC is far too expensive and too multipurpose to serve as this device. Furthermore and foremost however is the control plane. The control plane of the PC is in the users hands. The control plane of the device McCluen is referring to must be in the hands of the utility (RBOC, CableCo, PowerCo. etc.) that is supplying. These new devices - Residential Gateways - will have a network awareness with "plugs" for telephony (RJ), video (Coax or 1394), PC (Cat5 or twisted pair), etc.. These devices MUST cost less than $50 to build and will be sold at less than $200. You will get all your services, voice, video, www, etc. from one provider that the customer can select from a long list of traditional and new providers. The PC will be used for local applications the TV will be used for web browsing. THe PC will also be networked - but the proxy will be housed in the residential gateway because for security and authentication the service provider will not want to allow the customer to have access into the control plane. So you're right...but the implementation must be more cost effective, more network directed, and controlled by the SP. A PC is not. OG