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To: elmatador who wrote (8718)	10/2/2000 8:26:42 AM
From: MikeM54321	Respond to of 12823

"Gartner's estimate for dsl lines in western Europe is only 44,000 in 1999, rising to 137,000 this year..." elmatador- Well pretty pathetic deployment so far. That can't be argued. So maybe European telecom regulations are tainting your veiw of worldwide ADSL rollouts? Since it's only the second year of deployments, IMO Over two million DSL and over two million more CM broadband subs in the USA today is substantial. And don't forget Korea has even a higher penetration rate than the US. I'll also concede that ADSL will only rollout as fast as CM rollout. If the incumbents twisted pair world does not have to spend money, why should they. As I've said many times, Mike Armstrong is the only reason we are going to have over 5 million broadband subs(CM plus DSL) in the US at year end 2000. What we need is a Mike Armstrong in Europe. UPCOY and NTL are heading in the right direction. Maybe they will be the CM catalyst for ADSL in Europe? -MikeM(From Florida) CM- cable modem

To: elmatador who wrote (8718)	10/3/2000 7:59:04 AM
From: Elsewhere	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 12823

Telekom bundles the DSL product with ISDN, and charges about $45 per month for residential customers, who still have to pay Internet access fees to Deutsche Telekom's T-Online Internet service provider. These range from $46 per month for 50 hours DSL access to $70 per month for 100 hours. Wrong. DT has introduced a DSL Internet access flat rate of $25/month. It is heavily advertised, DT can hardly cope with the demand. [DT] has still not yet decided when to deploy dsl over analogue lines. Wrong. DT has started to offer DSL for analog lines in the meantime.