John Amoss, Ph.D., is a member of the technical staff at Lucent Technologies, where he is responsible for developing Lucent's data product strategy. Prior to joining Lucent he spent more than 20 years in broadband communications at Bell Labs and Bellcore. Dr. Amoss is also an Adjunct Professor of Telecommunications at Stevens Institute of Technology. Daniel Minoli is Director of Engineering and Development, Broadband Services and Internet, at the Teleport Communications Group. A former developer of broadband communications technology at Bellcore, he also teaches at Stevens Institute of Technology and New York University. Mr. Minoli has written more than 20 other books on telecommunications.