美国第3大长途电话公司Sprint公司最近宣布完成1项具有快速突破(fast break)性质的技术创新。这种叫做IOD(Intergrated On-Demand Network)的新技术可将目前常见的多种通讯功能融为一体。利用1条普通的铜芯电话线就可以同时接收声音、传真及电脑网络的不同信号。其应用前景不仅会革命性地改变目前的常规电话通讯,而且将会使电子通讯领域内主要竞争对手之间的实力对比发生明显变化,甚至有可能改变电脑网络技术的发展方向。由于1条电话线可以同时用来打电话、 Sprint, the nation’s third-largest long-distance carrier, recently announced the completion of a technology breakout with a fast break. This new technology, called Iog (Intergrated On-Demand Network), combines many of today’s common communications functions. Using an ordinary copper phone line you can simultaneously receive voice, fax and computer network of different signals. Its application prospects will not only revolutionize the current conventional telephone communications, but also dramatically change the balance of power among the major competitors in the field of electronic communications and may even change the direction of computer network technology. As a phone line can be used to make calls at the same time,