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From: Borja Marcos <borjam@sarenet.es>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan 9/Inferno on Pogo, anyone?
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Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 12:41:06 +0100
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On Monday 12 November 2001 12:32, you wrote:
> Thin client. What operating system runs on their servers is probably mo=
re
> interesting. Strange, I can't imagine thin client supporting a very lar=
ge
> consumer base; the numbers don't work out.

=09Not with the typical phone network. However, recently deployed network=
s are=20
based on small nodes serving a bunch of buildings, all linked with a SDH=20
network. For example, Euskaltel, a new telehpone operator here, is instal=
ling=20
one of such nodes under my flat.

=09Such nodes would serve a reduced number of users (compared to the typi=
cal=20
phone switch) and I think it would be possible to deploy thin clients in =
such=20
newtorks, using cable modems or xDSL.

=09In fact, when Inferno was released I thought I would see a phone compa=
ny=20
offering thin clients for simple computing tasks, Internet access, video =
on=20
demand (or near video on demand), etc. I think this was the idea of the=20
original Inferno developers.

=09At least in Spain, where telephone network operation is no longer a mo=
nopoly=20
(well, in fact it is still a de-facto monopoly) new networks are being=20
deployed in that way. Forget the huge central offices with huge phone=20
switches serving 100,000 lines and local loops in the range of 1 - 2 Km.



=09Borja.