No one can definitively predict the future, however even if technology progresses to the point whatiship describes above, I believe some firms will still subscribe to the idea of one phone call, or email. By that I mean, the least amount of time involved with getting your shipment moved, will still be the determining factor. As we all can attest, having a system like Load Link, that should make matching your freight to an available truck a pretty simple, "one call" process, is certainly not usually the case. Even before things went crazy after E-Log implementation, most brokers would make at least 3, 4 or 5 calls before sourcing a truck using a system like Link. Those numbers are dramatically higher now. So, yes, a shipper can have a pool of asset based carriers and contact each of them when a shipment is ready to move, moving from one to the next until availability is secured. Or contact the freight broker once, and let them do the searching. Again, it all comes down to efficient time management on the part of the shipper and how effectively he employs his staff.