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To: RocketMan who wrote (7057)	3/28/1999 5:58:00 PM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29970

RM, " do you have any thoughts on I suppose could be called the last yard?" Yes, the last yard, and the last couple of rooms, in fact all of the rooms and entertainment systems in the home, and the backyard patio and garage area, as well. I've got some thoughts here, but not very structured ones, admittedly. The last mile, i.e., between the SP and the residence, must be fashioned after a one-size-fits-many mold, for economic reasons. Whereas, the home bus, or the Personal Area Network/Residential Area Network (PAN/RAN) technologies are mostly elective ones right now, which have been fashioned to meet individuals' customized needs. My first exposure to a "home bus" was a twisted pair model in 1986, and it served as an experimental test bed for Philips NV, and, I believe Sony, at the time, if I'm not mistaken. Since then, there has been no shortage of other candidates using all forms of media, including infra red options and wireless radio LANs. Cable modem (or regular dial up or dsl, for that matter) will continue to deliver a uniform hand-off to the subscriber, regardless of whether they employ BlueTooth, or not. Like yourself, I too am only now getting into this topic again, and I see the possibilities as limitless, as long as they occur on the customer side of the DCE, or data communications equipment (modem or line driver). Nokia has recently purchased a prime DSL manufacturer, Diamond Lane Communications, and shortly thereafter, they purchased Vienna Systems, one of the first VoIP companies to incorporate PSTN and IP. At the same time, Nokia is a prime wireless provider in their own right. Their intentions are to integrate personalized wireless services with those of cable modem/DSL Internet access and home appliances. The February issue of Telephony Mag has an article titled "Networking Comes Home," which you can find at: internettelephony.com If that link doesn't work, try: internettelephony.com , and do a search on 'home.' Once you get there, look at Fig. 1, and you will note a multitude of disparate techs being assembled by Avio Inc. for the delivery of content to every room and system in the home. Frank_C.