Telamon asked:

Where do you think the future of telecom is going? Is it going to be
mostly fiber-optic or do you think RF for the last mile to the home or
business?

Do you think Ethernet is winning over ATM?

Anyone who claims to know the answer to your first question will either
become a millionaire quickly or will be surprised by the changes.
There's a war
going on over the last mile, as you know. Right now cable/DSL are
predominant, at least in the U.S.,
but wireless technologies will eventually push through and will be
strong competitors
in this market. Regarding the last question, there is a strong push
for VoIP (voice over
Internet Protocol). Most of wireless traffic is still voice and All-IP
system architectures
(as opposed to dual circuit switched/packet switched) are the way of
the future, but there are
important Quality of Service (QoS) issues to be solved regarding voice
over IP (esp.
end-to-end delay). We should know more definitively in the near
future.

RK