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To: Bernard Levy who wrote (2894)	2/17/1999 4:00:00 AM
From: lml	Respond to of 12823

Bernard et al: Sincere thanks for some very knowledgeable & technical posts. I've done my best to follow. I was wondering if any of you could provide a link to a primer that would give the layperson-novice some background of the apportionment of the wireless spectrum among the various licensed & unlicensed frequencies. Editorial Comment: Notwithstanding the debate over the bandwidth capacity, constant among all mediums: copper; HFC; & wireless -- is the thick smoke being blown in the eyes of the bandwidth-hungry consumer. IMHO, at some point the market (a la FCC & state PUCs ) are going demand some level of regulation to limit the puffery these new providers of data communications services can tout to potential customers. Who's looking after the consumer here? The FCC's laissez-faire policy of opening up the last mile to competition has led to the charge of the bandwidth brigade down this road, with the common law rule of caveat emptor as the only defense available to the consumer. With direct reference to the actual bandwidth Globepac's technology will ultimately be able to deliver, I am getting the same BS with ISPs representing CLECs such as Covad & Northpoint who are provisioning IDSL to my area. They each attempt to distinguish the service they offer from that of the ILEC (PacBell) & other CLECs. And PacBell has its own story. Technology is literally changing by the month. So how is the most informed consumer supposed to figure out who's giving him/her a straight answer. It seems the words coming over the phone lines today are no more straight than the physical lines of communciation over which they travel. It seems to me that at present there is much more smoke than bandwidth being delivered along the last mile. JMO