On Tue, 12 Dec 2000, Don Stokes wrote:

> A telco having a highly respected research division who have a good
> handle on technology and possible applications is a long way from the
> telco as a whole having similar views.

Ah, the academic's ace-in-the-hole - "we're talking about different
things." ;)

> Yes, they've learned a lot. I was talking about telcos circa 1993.
> The world has changed just a teensy bit since then.

Precisely my point. Berating telcos for how things were in 93 is a bit of
a cheap shot. :)

> This is a complete reversal over the way ADSL was pitched at the
> outset.

Quite right. This is due to changing markets, not due to "telcos being
scared of packets."

--
Josh Bailey (josh@vandervecken.com - Berkeley, CA, USA)
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