"Du Qiu, I have gained some knowledge today. Wan Pingguo and I specialize in Internet access services. We are not as proficient in software business as you are. I am really ashamed."

"Sister Zhang has been awarded. I am a person with a lot of interests. I buy and sell the terms I see when I wander around the Internet. I am proficient in what I am doing."

"Come on, come on, don't just talk, let's have some wine together."

After a few people drank a lot of alcohol, Wan Pingguo sobered up and asked: "Although the Internet speed in the United States is faster than that in China, it is limited in speed. It is also mainly dial-up Internet access. Adsl is such a good technology, why didn't I see a company providing this service when I was studying at Stanford?"

"Because adsl can use one line to handle both phone calls and Internet access." Du Qiu put the tea cup and wine glass in front of him side by side and said: "When dialing up and surfing the Internet, the lines are busy, so those customers who often surf the Internet have to buy two lines to be enough. For telecom companies, two lines make more money than one line, so they have no motivation to promote this technology."

Wan Pingguo suddenly realized, shook his head and smiled, "I am worthy of being a capitalist businessman, and I am really smart in making abacus."

Liu Yunlai also smiled and said, "Although we are a socialist country, some of the Telecommunications Bureau and American capitalists are all birds of a feather. They probably have no interest in promoting this technology either."

"It's not difficult to get them motivated to promote, just find a competitor."

"Although adsl does not need to pass through a telephone switch, it still needs to use a telephone line. All telephone lines in China belong to the Telecommunications Bureau. Where can I find competitors?"

"In addition to the telephone network, there is another network in China." Du Qiu picked up the wine glass and tea cup, touched it gently, reminding: "Cable TV network."

“Cable TV lines can also access the Internet?”

"DSL technology is actually developed for video on demand. Telecom companies want to use this technology to grab the cable TV business, but the video on demand business is not yet mature, so it is refrigerated." Du Qiu put the wine glass aside and held the tea cup and said: "Cable TV companies actually want to grab the telecom business. In 1993, Time Warner, the United States, experimented with a technology called a capable-touch dem. Instead of using a telephone line, it uses the cable TV coaxial cable to provide users with Internet access services. The downlink rate is about 10mbps, which is similar to Adsl."

Wan Pingguo studied engineering economy and public policy at Stanford University. He was not familiar with communication technology and was a little unbelievable. He picked up the wine glass and took a sip on his own, and said, "I have read all the books in the United States in vain. I have never heard of this technology."

"In the 1970s, in order to protect the new cable TV industry, the United States prohibited telecom companies that were in a monopoly position from operating cable TV business. In this way, the cable TV industry could not operate telecommunications business, so it did not promote this technology. However, since 1992, many American telecommunications companies filed lawsuits in federal courts on the grounds that the Federal Telecommunications Commission violated freedom of speech. "Du Qiu poured the water from the teacup into the wine glass and said: "These lawsuits have been going on for several years. The industry generally believes that the result will come next year. By then, the obstacles between the telecommunications industry and the cable TV industry will no longer exist. Cross-operation and competition with each other. In a few years, adsl and able-dem will definitely replace the current dial-up Internet access."

This is a historical fact. The promulgation of the US Telecommunications Act of 1996 completely broke the restrictions on mixed operations of the US information industry, allowing telephone, radio, cable TV, film and television services and other businesses to penetrate each other, and also allowing various telecom operators to participate in each other. In order to cope with the competition for cable TV, telecommunications companies took out the dsl technology that had been refrigerated for many years and developed a so-called universal adsl standard, reducing the theoretical rate from 8mpbs to 15mbps, reducing the installation cost in the way of reducing technical complexity, and speeding up the promotion speed. It was rapidly popularized in the late 1990s and early 21st century, becoming synonymous with broadband networks.

However, in China, because the telecommunications department and the radio and television department have their own systems, they are opposed to each other, one blocks the other from engaging in the Internet and the other resists the other from engaging in media content, the technology has not been introduced, allowing Adsl to dominate the world. It was not until around 2006 that the radio and television departments in various places secretly engaged in broadband access services. It was not until Du Qiu passed by in 2016 that he obtained a telecommunications operation license. However, at that time, China Telecom had been split several times and there was no shortage of competition.

"Du Qiu, like Ding Jian of Asia Information, you are both geniuses, and you even know about the legal lawsuits in the United States." Wan Pingguo admired Du Qiu's promiscuity and said gossip: "According to Lao Tian, ​​when he founded Asia Information, Ding Jian spent a month reading the relevant legal books, and then negotiated in person, which was more effective than a lawyer."

"I'm just a gossip that I heard of, how can I compare with those professional knowledge?"

Sun Shaojie thought this was a very good news topic and asked with interest: "Du Qiu, then which technology do you think is better?"

"Whether it is using a telephone line to surf the Internet or coaxial cables, it is just a transition technology and will eventually be replaced by optical fiber." Du Qiu used chopsticks to make a bridge between the wine glass and the tea cup, saying: "The integration of telephone, television and telecommunications three-network is the future trend, but the cost of optical fiber access is too high and the development is relatively slow. So I think in the next ten years, these two technologies will be very popular and will continue to improve with demand, so it mainly depends on the strength of the operators and the needs of customers, and there is no difference between the superiority and inferiority."

Zhang Shuxin looked at the wine glass, then looked at the tea cup, and then asked Liu Yunlai: "Reporter Liu, are you well-informed? Do you know if the radio and television system has any plans to do Internet business?"

"Even you guys who specialize in the Internet do not know what the ability-touching Dem technology is, and the old men in the radio and television system don't know what they don't know, so they have no plans." Liu Yunlai was also very interested in what Du Qiu said. He looked at the wine glass containing tea and asked, "Does this ability-touching Dem also require special equipment to run?"

"Cable TV is a broadcast opposite the point, so traditional coaxial cables are unidirectional, and information can only go downward, not upward, while Internet information is two-way, so it also needs to be transformed. However, like Adsl, the cost of transformation is much lower than laying optical fibers." Du Qiu picked up the spoon and raised it in his hand and said: "Telecommunications is Wei State, Radio and Television is Wu State, and our small private companies are Liu Bei. If you want to get a piece of the pie from the Internet industry, you can only pull one and fight one, otherwise you will not survive."

Wan Pingguo heard the implicit sound and wiped his hands with a towel, and asked, "Is Snapdragon also interested in operating Internet value-added business?"

"Snapdragon is a browser. The more netizens are, the more money the browser will make. However, with the slow attitude of the Telecommunications Bureau, the more netizens in China can increase in the year of the Monkey and Horse Month." At this time, he had enough wine and food, and he had almost eaten. Du Qiu also picked up a towel to wipe his hands and said, "Academician Hou of the Chinese Academy of Sciences often told me that if a donkey is disobedient, he either tempts it with carrots or scares it with a whip. If he wants the Telecommunications Bureau to reduce the fees, he cannot do anything with them. He has to use some careful thinking and use temptation and scare together."

Zhang Shuxin smiled and asked, "What kind of temptation and scare?"

"I remember last year, the Ministry of Electronics Industry, the Ministry of Electricity Industry, the Ministry of Railways, the State Economic and Trade Commission and other ten departments jointly established a telecommunications company called China Unicom. Is this true?"

"There is such a thing. It was established in July last year, but they had no money and no one." Liu Yunlai pointed to the ceiling with his index finger, made a suggestive move, and said: "The big guys from the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications and the State Council do not like China Unicom. They were only established under the pressure of politics and marketization. They did not give a penny of fiscal budget, so they were asked to raise funds by themselves. So they have been established for almost a year and have not made any name. Moreover, they want to do mobile phone business, but they have never heard of doing Internet business."

"China Unicom has a license to operate telephone and Internet value-added services. Although there is no national communication network, it can be used by the Ministry of Railways and the Ministry of Electricity." Du Qiu pointed to the two leftovers in front of him and said: "Although the coverage of these two networks is very small, it is better than nothing. China Unicom is very short of money now, and branches in various places have to raise funds on their own. So I plan to go to the United States to fool some money and cooperate with Unicom's branch in Yuncheng to carry out Internet access services in a big way, shape it into a competitor, scare the telecommunications bureau and force them to lower prices."

"Fraud Americans?"

"China's telecommunications market is huge and is developing very rapidly. Many American companies and capital are salivating, but national policies do not allow foreign capital to enter the telecommunications industry, so they can only be anxious outside." Du Qiu searched the memory information in his mind, and then continued: "Foreigners are very rich, Unicom is very short of money. We can be a matchmaker and find an American company, such as at-t, and ask them to jointly establish a company with Snapdragon. This company takes me as the legal person, and I will go to a joint venture with Unicom in Yuncheng. In this way, at-t indirectly invests in China's telecommunications industry and can get dividends in the future. Unicom has obtained start-up capital and can form its own network. Snapdragon has entered the Internet industry, which can be said to be a win-win."

Wan Pingguo was so proud that he thought it was a good way. Liu Yunlai had some doubts about this and said, "The country should not allow such curved investment, right?"

"In April, Wu Jichuan, Minister of Posts and Telecommunications, told foreign investors at the International Telecommunications Industry Conference that China is experimenting with a certain legal structure that can make them get rewards by investing in China's telecommunications business, but not selling equity." Du Qiu was eyeing the telecommunications industry, so he was naturally prepared and said confidently: "I think the legal structure he mentioned is probably this kind of curve investment."

Du Qiu's keen sense of smell, broad vision and meticulous thought made the people present speechless. Although the seat was about to end, no one was willing to leave. After a moment of silence, Sun Shaojie broke the cold and said with a smile: "This is just a scare, what about temptation?"

"It's hard to say about the temptation now, and it should be decided in a few months." (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!