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To: W. Randy Gast who wrote (105)	11/2/2000 8:43:56 PM
From: CF Rebel	Respond to of 173

FCC reports on broadband implementation: <<<The FCC's report is based on information that broadband Internet access providers file with the agency twice a year under a program that began in March 2000. Among the report's findings: · About 2.8 million of high-speed lines provided speeds of over 200 kbps in both directions, and thus met the FCC's definition of advanced services, compared to 2.0 million at the end of 1999. · The presence of high-speed service subscribers was reported in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, and in about 70 percent of the nation's ZIP codes, compared with 59 percent at the end of 1999. · High-speed asymmetric DSL (ADSL) lines in service increased by 157 percent, to almost one million lines, compared to about 370,000 lines at the end of 1999. · High-speed lines in service over coaxial cable systems remained more numerous, increasing 59 percent to about 2.2 million lines, compared to 1.4 million at the end of 1999. · High-speed lines (or wireless channels) delivered over fiber, satellite, fixed wireless, and wireline technologies other than ADSL increased by at least 18 percent during the first half of this year.>>> cnnfn.cnn.com The report quotes standard DSL as having a 12,000 foot effective range. Elastic claims a 21,000 foot range. At those distances, Elastic's DSL covers an area around the central office that is three times that of standard DSL. CF Rebel