IP: Re: FORMER FCC CHAIRMAN TELLS HOW OPTICAL COMPANIES CAN WEATHER THE ECONOMIC SLUMP

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> From: "Bob Frankston" <rmf2g2 () bobf Frankston com>
> To: <farber () cis upenn edu>, <ip-sub-1 () majordomo pobox com>
> Subject: Re: FORMER FCC CHAIRMAN TELLS HOW OPTICAL COMPANIES CAN 
> WEATHER  THE ECONOMIC SLUMP
> Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 16:40:52 -0400
>
> Interesting:
>
> "combine with your business rivals instead of killing each other". Yeah,
> competition makes it hard to make money. Don't risk the marketplace.
>
> The assumption is that the traffic is mainly from data centers and between
> cities. No hint that there might be a problem in constraints on "first mile"
> connectivity.



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