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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (4155)	6/13/1999 3:22:00 PM
From: MikeM54321	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12823

Re: VDSL and the ILEC(+GTE) Plans? "You note GTE is testing VDSL. They've been doing this for the past four years, it seems, since their earlier trials in their broadband labs in Waltham, MA and in Richardson, Texas, I believe the locations were." Frank, You're correct in the time frame. I think it may even be five years. You would think they would be ready now after all those five year old BREAK THROUGH press releases. <VBG> As I ponder DSL deployments, I think I'm tending to think VDSL is the only ticket to compete with the MSO's cable pipe for the residential customer. I just don't see the twisted copper pair being able to compete any other way. And it's almost like the ILECs don't want to make that major commitment. Maybe it doesn't work in the real world? Like you said, they've been testing for years and years and years. Now I'm wondering if they may want to save their resources to compete only where they might be able to win with a less expensive DSL flavor. And that's in the business space (or wherever the cable plant doesn't go). As weird as it may sound, sometimes I wonder if they are just planning on sacrificing residential customers to AT&T and Paul Allen's cable plant? Carrying this thinking out loud, one step further, say they are saving resources to capture LD business. You have to admit it's kind of strange how the proliferation of LD/Backbone companies teaming up with Incumbents has been on the rise recently. Hardly a month goes by where CNBC isn't carrying some lead story about how a Qwest+ILEC is going to change the world as we know it. I also read (I think it was in, "DSL for Dummies")some details about the 1996 Telecommunications Act. As most of us know, it said that the FCC would allow ILECs to offer LD only after they prove they have allowed local competition in on their turf. Well as much as ILECs have tried to do LD deals, this has resulted in ZERO success for them. But the next paragraph is what blew me away. So much so I read it a few times to make sure I was reading it right. The book said, "The FCC would work with the ILECs for a period of three years. After that, if no deal was reached, the ILECs would be free to offer long distance service." Have you ever heard this statement before?? Thanks, MikeM(From Florida)