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Bill Manning <[email protected]> wrote: >Of course there are those that simply see the PSTN as just one more way to >move IP packets about. Lets see; radio, wireless, sat-link, cable, lans, >PSTN, avian-carrier, seismic-wave... lots of ways to move IP packets about. Yep. So far the only realistic way to move massive amounts of long-distance traffic is fiber. >the PSTN is one, but not the only one. And its not clear there is enough >capacity in the PSTN to carry all the bits about. Its not clear to me that >ATM will continue to work at terabit rates.. It won't. So what. If you want to purchase a terabit router, write a conditional purchase order -- you'll get it pretty soon. I'm serious. >SAR may be a bit tough to do at OC768-ish rates. "Doctor, it hurts when i do that." "Don't do it, then". >And then there is all that PSTN infrastructure that will >have to be replaced... Yep. It's only money. They already have rights of way. >push all that back on the rate payers? you bet. There's a lot of money to be made off Internet (i do not mean browsers and search engines). I'd rather think that capital is quite interested in the opportunity. --vadim - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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