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To: Ray Smith Jr who wrote (3848)	5/22/1999 11:09:00 AM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Respond to of 12823

Thank you, Ray, for highlighting that article. What Tellium, DARPA and others are doing in this space will have enormous implications. The MONET model was once viewed as a futuristic platform, slated for 2005-2010 deployment. Those projections, however, were made prior to the greater influences that affect today us in a collective way. Namely, the advances being made at the photonic level under the almost inexorable pressures of Internet Time. The capabilities illustrated in this release address common carrier type, and large enterprise, backbone dynamics, but they don't begin to address the measures that would be required to make similar capabilities extend into user locations, at the building backbone and closet levels. In the latter group of considerations, one must still look to convert to legacy modes. And this relates to the last 1000 to 2000 feet, where business work flows are defined, and still restricted almost entirely, due to connectivity distance limitations imposed by technologies of the present and the past. The standards that I'm referring to not only limit overall throughput, but at the same time add an inordinate amount of infrastructure bulk, at the same time, in the way of providing power, air, security and other base building considerations necessitated by the continued proliferation of distributed equipment closets. More on this, here, some other time, if anyone wants to explore it. I touched upon these issues recently in the MRVC thread at: Message 9553750 [Note: I later went on to clarify what I meant by Terabit Network Elements, at: Message 9592130 ] We'll begin to see real world adaptations of this model in isolated pockets, sooner than have thought up to this time. Indeed, some have already begun using proprietary approaches, using some of today's DWDM-enabled wares for this purpose. Mostly where dark fiber is available in campus like settings. But on a larger scale, these capabilities will be for carriers, and only the very largest of enterprises, at first. Thanks again, and Regards, Frank Coluccio