From:	Ereskanti <Ereskanti@***.COM>
Subject:	Re: Real-Life Computing ...
Date:	Tue, 26 May 1998 23:03:18 EDT

In a message dated 5/26/98 6:48:40 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
mike@*******.COM writes:

> With the increase in use of ATM, and gigabit ethernet basically here now,
> the network will become less of a bottleneck than storage devices and
> CPU's, especially when you take into consideration that you can bond
> multiple pipes into much larger pipes which can handle more traffic
> than any one computer can throw at them, for both backbone and single
> connection use.
>
> Of course, these high-speed networks still don't do anything for the
> home user behind an analog switch on crappy phone lines being served by
> US West. But with newer housing developments having fiber run out to
> the slick instead of copper this is becoming more of a moot point. The
> telco's are actually doing quite alot to improve the network as a whole
> in some areas.
>
And of course with the terminology you are mentioning, this is still NOT
focused upon the "At Home User" (AHU). Ethernet is NOT a big thing for the at
home user, and thus "Modems" are going to remain a restriction until "Cable
Linkups" become more common, OR we get two-way satellite feeds (I LIKE the 400
Mhz downloads I saw on the one).

Service providers are something else that SR doesn't go into greatly. Major
coverage and the like and how "crowded" are the bandwidths at any given time.
This could possibly effect a decker while doing their job.

-K