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To: Bernard Levy who wrote (5574)	10/18/1999 12:52:00 AM
From: PaperChase	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12823

Bernard, thanks. The PC magazine article I read appears incorrect. The article discusses broadband strategy and says: "New communities are often built with Digital Loop Carriers (DLCs): Instead of the traditional trunk of coppper wire running to a neighborhood, phone companies have used high-tech fiber-optic lines, which are then split into copper lines. Since (A)DSL is designed to work over copper and not fiber, carriers must rip out the DLCs before they can offer DSL service." After reading this statement I was startled to think there isn't a "box" available that would allow ADSL equipment to be integrated with the expanding use of fiber in the local loop. From a CBS article tonight about SBC Communications' broadband plans: "But because a DSL signal can't travel more than a few miles without fading, telephone companies like SBC will need to spend billions to dig up old copper cables and install fiber optic lines in every neighborhood they hope to introduce the service. " Seems to me if the line from the central office to homes is all fiber, then ADSL may not utilize all the bandwidth. <G>

To: Bernard Levy who wrote (5574)	10/19/1999 3:08:00 PM
From: MikeM54321	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 12823

Re: Alcatel's DSL Business Oct 19 --Alcatel said last month it shipped enough equipment to install 350,000 ADSLs in the first half. That gave Paris-based Alcatel 49 percent of the worldwide ADSL market, according to research company Dittberner Associates. Bernard, Does the above surprise you at all? I'm losing track of the DSL game stats....well what do you know. SI search engine turned up the figures I was looking for: Message 10564025 Message 11027549 Therefore, if the Alcatel statement is accurate, they are quite a dominate player in the DSL sector. MikeM(From Florida)