[ Putting up Dukes or Possibilities Open Up ] Hi, Pat.
Here's a Snip that's interesting.
Ray
August 04, 1997, Issue: 642
Section: Networking
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DSL:Still Waiting -- Digital subscriber line technology will speed network access-if you can get it
By Kelly Jackson Higgins
No pain, no gain. That's been the way of life for remote users who have endured the painfully slow dial-up drill or battled quirky ISDN lines for access to the Internet or their corporate network. But an answer to their bandwidth problems may be in sight, with services based on digital subscriber line technology set to arrive in metropolitan areas starting this summer and fall.
Digital subscriber line (DSL) technology pumps up existing local copper telephone lines to between 10 and 100 times the speed of traditional dial-up modems-typically at a lower cost than dedicated high-speed (1.544-Mbps) T1 lines and, say early users, without the headaches of ISDN. Participants in DSL trials say these full-time dedicated links to the Internet or intranets are so fast they feel like LAN connections. Another plus:Some DSL services support both data and voice, so users can consolidate their data and voice lines.
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A fatter pipe to the home or small office opens up some interesting possibilities. David Kirby, director of TeleHealth at Duke University's Medical Center in Durham, N.C., uses an ADSL link for videoconferencing from home, something he wouldn't have considered with his old dial-up link.
Kirby says the technology lets doctors access MRIs and other images from desktop machines. Because each user gets a dedicated ADSL link, it can feel faster than a shared 10-Mbps LAN, Kirby adds.
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