Who’s Buying Whom?The Technologist’s View

What will happen to (a long list of players)?

Start-ups:

New technology and lots of bandwidth
Packet (ATM / IP) technology from the ground up
Voice as a key competitive driver

Incumbents are not growing the circuit switched base

RBOCs (BellSouth and USWest)

More aggressive out-of-region the in-region

Best of both worlds...