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To: MikeM54321 who wrote (5293)	9/20/1999 10:53:00 AM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12823

ADSL Task: So did I Mike. If you start the task right now you see ADSL as a menu of choices. If see it as a constant development over the last 3/4 years you see a technology maturing. This is how I got comfortable with my ADSL task: Please, correct if I'm wrong: 1) ADSL full rate developed with Video distribution in mind 2) ADSL low rate 1.5Mbit/s for data 3) SDSL low rate 1.5 Mbit/s for data symetrical because business users required it. 4) ADSL integrated into the switch (Lucent 5ESS Anymedia and Siemens EWSD Internode) to get rid of double pasing in the MDF. 4) ADSL lite because some one wanted to use it in lap tops 5) VoADSL because we get rid of splitters and the MDF. Hand over the TDM signals and don't bother with voice all the way over packet and get rid of latency. 6) VDSL because of fiber penetrating deeper into the Last Mile -right to the users' neighborhoods over fiber- from there on (only 500 to 300m) over copper could go at ADSL 25Mbit/s. Please, note that ADSL depends -and is aimed at- on the infrastructure of incumbents which have not yet lost their monopolistic behaviour, they have screwed up the first digital subscriber line and are doing quite a good job on this one as well.

To: MikeM54321 who wrote (5293)	9/20/1999 1:23:00 PM
From: Bernard Levy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12823

OT Hi Mike: There are major differences between the French brand of socialism and the Scandinavian version. The French brand includes a 35 hours work week, crushing payroll taxes, and unbelievably high VAT and fuel taxes. The state still owns companies representing a very large part of the overall economy.Paradoxically, income taxes are not too high, primarily because cheating is widespread. So, the French brand of socialism is really a job killer, but it is not particularly effective at redistributing income. Scandinavian countries on the other hand intervene much less in the real economy, but have phenomenally high income tax rates. So, the Scandinavian brand of socialism does much less harm to the real economy, but it has a strong income redistribution effect. Statistics on incme inquality by country show that the Netherlands and Scandinavian countries are the most equal in the world, while the US is quite unequal. However, raher amazingly, France is also doing poorly with respect to income equality statistics. In other words, it is more of a statist and bureaucratic economy than a true socialist one. Best regards, Bernard Levy

To: MikeM54321 who wrote (5293)	9/20/1999 10:34:00 PM
From: Herc	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12823

My bone headed observation on DSL, since I have no technical background. BellSouth gave me an Alcatel ADSL modem. The telecom equipment makers have had quite a run over the last few months and many are laughably high. So I think you missed the easy money. I wonder how long before the buzz is that DSL's profit margins are too tough, like the analog modem business? I take French as a hobby, keep up with the French news, and go there occasionally. I must admit I've hesitated buying Alcatel simply because it is a French company. France is a great country to live in if you don't have to make a living. I also heard that because the country is run by a small, elite clique then someone like Bill Gates is impossible there. But oh what a wonderful culture!!! They are in serious need of a Margaret Thatcher.