>I heard it and am tempted to write to Marketplace about a very poorly >researched story. The assertion that there is a shortage of capacity is >false. One of the two "experts" she interviewed was actually just another >reporter.
So I did... I was saddened to hear yesterday's report "Time Warner plans pay-for-data option" by Ashley Milne-Tyte. Such stories spread false information and turn Marketplace into the propaganda ministry for greedy corporations. I was especially unhappy that one of the two people interviewed in the story (Declan McCullagh) was another reporter! He is a smart guy, but no expert. This is lazy journalism. If your reporter had contacted an engineer with knowledge of the facts I expect you would have had a very different and true story. Digging just a little deeper would have revealed that the premise of the story is false: there is no bandwidth shortage. A technology called dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) can tremendously increase the carrying capacity of existing fiber cables by simply changing a box at either end of the cable. A huge return for a relatively small investment. The bigger story is that DWDM manufacturers are not doing all that well in the marketplace. Companies like Time Warner are not buying their products because they don't want more capacity. I hope you do better next time. ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
