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To: E. Davies who wrote (4025)	1/9/1999 7:39:00 PM
From: Bexar	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 29970

I'm in the field. He's got a few of his words correct in the right areas, but doesn't see the big picture. Cut n' Paste does wonders, huh. I'm with Sam! Question is, will there be a comfortable entry point Monday morning to double up?

To: E. Davies who wrote (4025)	1/9/1999 10:07:00 PM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29970

Hi E.Davies, >>Seriously Frank you have so much to say but I think you may not realize how many of us arent exactly sure what the difference between "pure optical" and SONET is and what the effect of ATM has on it all. Talk down to us a little won't you? You cant really educate unless you communicate. << Sorry about that, ED. I've got to tell you, though, that in contrast to the last two grenades that were tossed my way, I view your comments with relief ;-) Sometimes it's difficult to switch gears on this thread. Between here and the Last Mile thread, and some others in the fiber and wireless sectors, I find myself traveling the entire spectrum between pure investors (with moderate appreciation of the techs) and pure field practitioners and scientists (who in many ways don't care about the investment side as much as the techs)... --- I believe that the term "pure" originates with ahhaha's assessment of the ultimate, yet still unachieved, optical networking. When it is "pure" it is uncontaminated by the influences of traditional electronic formatting. Specifically, pure optical is unaffected by electronic formats introduced by legacy telco-like switching and routing architectures. A purely optical approach, for example, would be one that passes information-bearing optical wavelengths between optical nodes without the use of electrified SONET nodes, or traditional switching elements. Instead, it would be channeled through networking elements that were founded entirely in pure optics. At the root, "pure" optical components would be based on networking elements that conduct, manage, and modulate optical (light) signals instead of electronic ones. Since this is not achievable yet without some major shifts taking place first in the labs, I think that we've settled on some gradient in between what is now SONET and the delivery of optical signals without SONET. AHhaha, jump in here and give your definition of pure, if you would. Regards, Frank Coluccio