Vic, I don't believe your in your dotage. To me that means you've reach the point of being feebleminded in your old age. I've read enough of your email to know your still fairly lucid and crazy like a fox.
I hope your right about things changing so swiftly. The equipment and software to do the things you mention are very complicated. It will be replacing a telecom system that is simple, cheap and had the bugs fixed sometime ago. I hope this is not ISDN hype all over again. I remember listening to the ISDN developers (AT&T, GTE, Datran, Tran, TI, AMD, NSC and a several others that are no longer around) hype the repacement of POTS by ISDN back in the early 70's. As a consequence I'm a little skeptical until I see the results of successful installations that are competitive with POTS. Since the early 80's it's been very tough to sell used equipment in most places out side of North America. So I'm sure there are not many places left willing to buy it. Most third world countries have, on average, equipment as up to date as we do in North America. They only want to purchase current technology. Ciao bella, Duane _________________________________________ On 2 Mar 1997, Victor L. Boersma wrote: > My comments are the rock in the big pond. YES. However, just back from INTER COMM 97. Anybody who thinks that in three years from now, when PCS is taking hold, when CATV companies offer dial tone and telcos are offering TV, we will be operating the old T1 pipe infrastructure, is ready for a rude awakening. We are in for a VERY competitive ICT (Information and Communications > Technologies) business period, that will involve a restructuring of our infrastructures. You won't even be able to sell the equipment as second hand equipment to developing countries. They'll be leapfrogging those technologies. IEC-950 and its derivatives (EN 60 950, UL 1950, CSA 950) will probably have to change as well. They were never intended for the technologies we are inventing as we go. Aren't I lucky that I am part of an interesting world in my dotage. Ciao, Vic Buy stock in equipment and software providers. Sell stock in competing service providers you don't believe will make it. VB
