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Article Abstract:
Low-cost, high-capacity fiber-optic cabling technology is giving telephone companies the capability for providing video services to homes. Bellsouth Corp is experimenting on the simultaneous transmission of video programming and telephone service over a fiber-optic line. Other companies such as AT&T and Raynet Corp are competitors in the optoelectronics business, projected to bring in more than $250 billion in revenues over the next 30 years. AT&T's 'star' system uses electronic boxes to connect about 600 distribution lines. Raynet's system uses a 'bus' architecture to emphasize the advantage of shared electronics among several homes. Both claim that their systems provide the best price-performance advantage. AT&T insists that its system will be cheaper in the long run when the costs of upgrading for video services are factored in.
Publication Name: Forbes
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0015-6914
Year: 1989
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Ride the changes, don't just roll with the punches
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The key social change in Australia in the first decade of the 21st century will be retaking control, allowing the commercial, political and social systems to be managed according to people's values and needs. The conflict between the commercial, social, financial and political systems should come to an end.
Publication Name: Business Review Weekly
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0727-758X
Year: 1999
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