Howard Anderson

I have known Bill Gates since his company was called Micro-Soft and its headquarters was in Albuquerque, N.M. The man is an adrenaline junkie and nothing jump-starts his heart more than a well-focused enemy.

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Network speeds have increased from about 1Mbps in 1974 to 1Gbps today, to a projected 100Gbps in 2014 and 1Tbps by 2020. Clearly, networks haven't peaked - we're pushing more data down our networks and using algorithms to compress it.

Every year major companies such as Cisco Systems Inc., IBM Corp., Lucent Technologies Inc. and Nortel Networks Corp. spend six per cent to 10...

While it's true that the overbuilding of the competitive local exchange carriers and the "creative accounting" at Global Crossing Holdings Ltd., and perhaps Qwest Communications International Inc. and WorldCom Inc., have cast a pall on parts of the industry. It's not true that the entire industry is in the sewer, one industry expert says.

It used to be a lot easier. Predicting the future, that is.

Howard Anderson: The job of being an industry guru has become a lot harder and a lot less funnIt used to be a lot easier. Predicting the future, that is.