It also hobbles technical innovation by forcing companies involved in broadband to redesign their products to meet government requirements. As opposed to hobbling innovation by meeting customer requirements? who's paying the bill? and sorry to hear from a vendor that meeting the customers' requirements is such a negative thing. You mistake my meaning, Randy. Implementing features ARE innovation. Not hobbling it.
sorry if i misinterpreted. i opine that some features are innovation and others not. i.e., x.25 support on modern kit seems a not innovative and a waste of resources i would rather see applied elsewhere. but every feature has its cost in complexity and resources to build and maintain. resources are finite and complexity has super-linear cost. so i would much prefer that the vendors concentrate on the features *i* want <g>. and i am quite skeptical of features which non-paying non-customers want. randy