ET Revolutionary changes take years.
Revolutions happen overnight.
New optical gear due out in 2000 will fundamentally change the business of designing and delivering telecom services. And while carriers cope with implementing optical gear into their networks, network managers are free to sit on the sidelines and reap the rewards. For starters, try huge quantities of bandwidth. Even better, capacity can be kept for just the required time, which means no more multiyear contracts to accommodate annual traffic peaks. So much for the hype.