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The greatest fear of Telecommunications companies is being reduced to a 'big dumb pipe': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumb_pipe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
by ArkanExplorer 5y ago
The greatest fear of Telecommunications companies is being reduced to a 'big dumb pipe':
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumb_pipe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumb_pipe
The entire purpose of their marketing departments to delay that happening for as long as possible.
- Ericson2314 5y agoFrom the article > "In a world of dumb terminals and telephones, networks had to be smart. But in a world of smart terminals, networks have to be dumb." — George Gilder, The Coming of the Fibersphere, Forbes ASAP, December 7, 1992 > The Coming of the Fibersphere, Forbes ASAP, December 7, 1992 > 1992 sheds tear