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To: Norman Klein who wrote (2339)	1/18/1998 12:23:00 PM
From: satish kamat	Read Replies (1) of 9236

Wonder whether the following finanical and technical issues were dragging the xDSL implementation: [1] Baby bells charge $1000/mo or so for a T1 line (~1.5 M). why would they be interested in providing 8 M service for less than $50, if not for mass market. [2] Access port prices have been $300--600/port. This is the first year when port prices will touch $100. At $50/month, difficult to recover the access cost. [3] WAN infrastucture not in place to support the large traffic. (ASND just introduced the first multiservice ATM/FR switch, ASND still does not have a product which will support xDSL access at $100/port) [4] Lack of standards in xDSL area. [5] xDSL started with 8 M. The world was still getting used to 28.8. However, that was the past. Thanks to blessings from Bill, Andy and the company, customer DSL (1-2 M) will become reality starting this year. I wouldn't even be surprised if the increasing bandwidth issues will force ISPs and RBOCs to finally throw in the towel to provide even the 8M by the year end. BTW Norman, at the risk of being wrong second time, AWRE's TA is extrememly favorable. Its like a spring ready to take off.

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