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To: Paul Engel who wrote (33000)	7/19/1999 1:35:00 PM
From: Joe NYC	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 33344

Paul, No- that is DOUBLING the use of EXISTING BANDWIDTH - unless somebody came along to install BRAND NEW WIRES/CABLES/SATELLITE LINKS to these new users. From my limited research into the phone infrastructure, I think there is some excess capacity of circuits that the phone companies have installed. My "research" consisted of opening a closet through which the phone cable passes. It has probably 100 or more wires and serves probably about 20 apartments. Adding a phone line means using one of these unused wires and connecting it to one of the unused wires in cable that connects my building with the central office. For me to use this line to access Internet means connecting this circuit with ISP, or better yet, adding an extra circuit to T1 (or better) line connecting the ISP with the telco. The next step is adding a line splitter on one of those lowly circuits and connecting it to xDSL modem on my side, and some upgraded switching equipment on the telco side, and you have the 20x or better increase in bandwidth, without adding a single wire. At some point, you may run out of the excess capacity in the phone company cables that may need to be upgraded, or in the long run the copper cables may need to be replaced with fiber. Joe