ocr: WIDELYATALIBLEDATATHROUGHPUTRAITES 1,000,000 --Typical rate for digital communication 800.000 - - Projected values 800,000 400,000 200,000- 125,000 110 1,200 14,400 01 1980 1985: 1990 199520002005 Figure 1.1fyou extrapolate fromt tistorically avail- able throughput rates, it's easy to project a trend of rapidly increasing bandwidih. The question remains, "How do we get there from here?"