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Re: connectivity outside the US

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Todd Graham Lewis)
Sun Jun 1 04:10:15 1997

Date: Sun, 1 Jun 1997 04:06:54 -0400 (EDT)
From: Todd Graham Lewis <lists@reflections.eng.mindspring.net>
To: Circuit <cjs@cinenet.net>
cc: North American Network Operator Goobers <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199706010726.AAA09936@tahoe.cinenet.net>

On Sun, 1 Jun 1997, Circuit wrote:

> comments, rants, flames? 

Do satellites really stand a chance against fibre?  Most people think not,
and more specifically that their competitiveness shall continue to decline
as time progresses.  Not exactly the kind of thing one wants to lay out
large capital expenditures on...

Of course, I'm just a tool of conventional wisdom, as poorly conveyed by
the media, when it comes to these issues.  Sean, if you're still a jobless
bum then you should consider starting your own newsletter.  8^)

-- 
Todd Graham Lewis          MindSpring Enterprises      tlewis@mindspring.com


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