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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: MFS WorldCom/WilTel/LDDS
Stephen Balbach writes: > > I doubt it. The curve is racing upward now because of all the people > > who are suddenly connecting to the net. Once a large fraction of them > > are on the curve will slow dramatically -- demand for bandwidth will > > continue to increase, but only as fast as the customers can eat it, > > which is by definition related to how fast their equipment runs. [...] > constraint will always drive bandwidth to higher speeds. Thus it follows > Moore's Law as chips get faster, so will computers and conversly - > bandwidth. There is no end in sight for the need of more bandwidth. If you had read what I wrote carefully, my claim was simply once everyone is connected at reasonable speed, demand for bandwidth will rise as fast as the equipment can cope with it, but no faster. I thus already addressed your point. Perry - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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