ADSL -On Its Way!!!
Pat this JUST came in my E-mail has a little more than the press release about expansion to other ISP's...
This is another in a regular series of on-line publications sent out to
inform those who have requested information about Bell's upcoming ADSL
access service.
La version fran‡aise suit.
Since late last year, many thousands of people have inquired about Bell's
plans for rolling out ADSL access service. This level of public interest
has grown steadily since September of 1996, when Bell Canada embarked on a
journey that will eventually provide customers faster access to the
Internet and their workplace LANs.
Well, the day has finally arrived!
Bell is thrilled to announce that on October 9,1997, the Canadian
Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) approved Bell
Canada's July 31, 1997 proposal to provide its residential ADSL capability
to Internet service providers and corporations with telework programs.
The service will initially be available in the Ottawa/Hull and Quebec City
areas on October 22,1997, Bell plans to rollout service to other cities in
1998. Bell is also looking at the potential for an ADSL service targeted
at business customers sometime in 1998.
Under this newly approved service, Bell will provide ADSL access service to
Internet Service Providers who want to offer this high-speed service to
residential consumers and corporations with telework applications.
As you know, with the explosive growth of the Internet and teleworking,
residential consumers are demanding much faster data access to their homes
than was previously possible with existing copper telephone lines. Bell's
ADSL access service satisfies this demand.
With Bell's ADSL access service, people can explore and use the Internet in
ways not previously imagined, tapping the full potential of the medium.
The service also improves the efficiency of teleworking arrangements from
the home by virtue of the much improved file transfer capability.
Using a special ADSL modem, Bell's service allows data, such as Internet
traffic, to be sent over existing copper telephone lines at speeds of up to
2.2 Mbps (megabits per second) - 75 times faster than a standard 28.8 Kbps
(kilobits per second)dial -up modem. The service sends digital pulses
through the high-frequency area of your telephone line. Since these high
frequencies are not used by normal voice communications, ADSL can operate
simultaneously with voice connections over the same wires.
Because ADSL dedicates bandwidth to each telephone line, network congestion
at the access point won't put the brakes on users.
ADSL also allows telephone conversations and data transfer simultaneously
over a single phone line, resulting in savings and convenience for end
users.
Regular voice telephone service uses less than 1 per cent of the capacity
of the telephone line. Using ADSL technology, the remaining 99 per cent
can be used for high-speed data. For example, a telecommuter can log-on to
a corporate network from home and remotely edit a document while discussing
the changes with a colleague - on the same phone line. Or one member of a
household can use the family phone to surf the Internet, while another
family member uses the same line for a telephone call.
Now that the service has been approved, Bell will be initiating discussions
with ISPs who will package their Internet service with ADSL access, and
then offer to consumers with a new level of service. Once we have
determined which ISPs will be offering the service, we will send out
another version of the newsletter. Interested? Call your ISP now!
[french version removed]
Terry Flanagan
Corporate Communications
Bell Canada
613 785-2841
tflanaga@on.bell.ca
Visit Bell Canada's new ADSL Web site at: bell.ca and our
new broadband Web site at http:www.bell.ca/totalvision |
