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To: Tom Frederick who wrote (6937)	9/29/1998 5:49:00 PM
From: Wally	Respond to of 15313

Tom. Of course, the old fashioned way is not dead because there is still a time and place for humans to be face-to-face with each other (thank God). However, these systems make it possible to be in Chicago and Paris at the same time. You can't do that with your body. Sales potential is is increased by how many fold? Mind-boggling! Regards, Wally PS - I'll be posting an overview of last night's trip to Ardsley later tonight. I don't know if it's worth staying up for. Probably beats another I Love Lucy Episode. -w-

To: Tom Frederick who wrote (6937)	9/30/1998 1:30:00 PM
From: JW@KSC	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 15313

Video Reality Wally, Sounds like this video system will be what fax was 20 years ago. You'll need to have a partner with the same system to communicate. But what savings in travel for big corporations! If these systems offer a much more "real" experience than current technology plus creating a higher level of security and comfort with the user in highly sensitive transactions and business or even military negotiations for that matter, this could be very hot indeed. This really clarifies just how big this could be. Watching and waiting... Tom F. Tom, I am very bullish on FNTN and the Siemens Strategic Partnership and Siemen's advanced technology information structure that powers FNTN's secure on-line voice, data and video networks. But I have to say in order to inform some who may not be a Technophile, FNTN's/Siemen's System is one of 100's of systems that produce Video to the Customer. Currently Singapore and Hong Kong are in a lead in this area. See article below. Yes Video will be what the Fax was 20 years ago, and much much more, but FNTN's customers need what everyone needs before it can be of any use "Bandwidth" Via ISDN (ISDN- it works but, boo hiss), ADSL, VDSL, LMDS, Fiber. I'm not going to go off on a lengthy explanation, though after discovering an emerging technology in 1995 (ADSL/VDSL) and doing 3 years of research in the field I've developed a good background. If you have any doubt ask Harry. The World Wide Network is just starting to be revamped, Investing in the companies ie. Cisco, Lucent, Nortel, Qwest, and a host of others will garantee a nice retirement. Technology companies as those above are due their Day, and the old Blue Chips, will take the back seat in the Very Near Future, IMHO the Transition is now in progress. We may, by definition, be have hit a Bear Market (down 20%) but IMHO it is just a good correction, and once the Gillette's, and the COKE's of the old blue chips take their final hits to bring them back down to earth, the market will rally once again, with the real leaders finally taking their turn in the Spotlight. Regards, JW@KSC Right now, only one PTT, Singapore Telecom Ltd. (Singapore), has taken the plunge on wide-scale commercial deployment of ADSL. It's already installed ADSL access multiplexers in 27 telephone exchanges, making the service available to 60 percent of Singapore's population. Full coverage is planned by the end of the year. The ADSL service forms one of two access networks for Singapore ONE (One Network for Everyone), a project that aims to offer a wide range of multimedia services over an ATM network. Access also is provided over a cable TV network from Singapore Cablevision Ltd. (Singapore), a member of the industry consortium developing Singapore ONE. Other participants include Singapore Telecom and three ISPs. Initial offerings are limited to Internet access and video on demand for consumers. Business services are still at the planning stage. Hongkong Telecom Ltd. (Hong Kong) aims to go one better than Singapore Telecom, with plans for an ATM offering running over VDSL access technology. VDSL is in theory six times faster than ADSL. Downstream speeds can reach 52 Mbit/s; upstream speeds have not yet been set, says Hanz Jorgen-Frizlen, chair of the ETSI Standards board for HDSL. Although VDSL can travel a maximum distance of 1 km, that's not a problem in densely populated Hong Kong. The PTT is running fiber into basements of high rises and using VDSL to distribute services within buildings. Customers will need set-top boxes for TVs and VDSL modems for PCs. More than 9,000 buildings already have been wired and a video-on-demand service is expected to go live before December. data.com I only wish Bell South had a Service like this. From Singtel Magix service. magix.com.sg It coming, but dinosaurs move slow.