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To: pat mudge who wrote (27670)	10/22/1997 1:04:00 PM
From: Jack Jackson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 31386

Group launches Pilot Project High speed Belgian Net Access: yahoo.com Conferences: analysys.co.uk analysys.co.uk

To: pat mudge who wrote (27670)	10/22/1997 1:25:00 PM
From: Donn	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 31386

ADSL -On Its Way!!! Pat this JUST came in my E-mail has a little more than the press release about expansion to other ISP's... This is another in a regular series of on-line publications sent out to inform those who have requested information about Bell's upcoming ADSL access service. La version fran‡aise suit. Since late last year, many thousands of people have inquired about Bell's plans for rolling out ADSL access service. This level of public interest has grown steadily since September of 1996, when Bell Canada embarked on a journey that will eventually provide customers faster access to the Internet and their workplace LANs. Well, the day has finally arrived! Bell is thrilled to announce that on October 9,1997, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) approved Bell Canada's July 31, 1997 proposal to provide its residential ADSL capability to Internet service providers and corporations with telework programs. The service will initially be available in the Ottawa/Hull and Quebec City areas on October 22,1997, Bell plans to rollout service to other cities in 1998. Bell is also looking at the potential for an ADSL service targeted at business customers sometime in 1998. Under this newly approved service, Bell will provide ADSL access service to Internet Service Providers who want to offer this high-speed service to residential consumers and corporations with telework applications. As you know, with the explosive growth of the Internet and teleworking, residential consumers are demanding much faster data access to their homes than was previously possible with existing copper telephone lines. Bell's ADSL access service satisfies this demand. With Bell's ADSL access service, people can explore and use the Internet in ways not previously imagined, tapping the full potential of the medium. The service also improves the efficiency of teleworking arrangements from the home by virtue of the much improved file transfer capability. Using a special ADSL modem, Bell's service allows data, such as Internet traffic, to be sent over existing copper telephone lines at speeds of up to 2.2 Mbps (megabits per second) - 75 times faster than a standard 28.8 Kbps (kilobits per second)dial -up modem. The service sends digital pulses through the high-frequency area of your telephone line. Since these high frequencies are not used by normal voice communications, ADSL can operate simultaneously with voice connections over the same wires. Because ADSL dedicates bandwidth to each telephone line, network congestion at the access point won't put the brakes on users. ADSL also allows telephone conversations and data transfer simultaneously over a single phone line, resulting in savings and convenience for end users. Regular voice telephone service uses less than 1 per cent of the capacity of the telephone line. Using ADSL technology, the remaining 99 per cent can be used for high-speed data. For example, a telecommuter can log-on to a corporate network from home and remotely edit a document while discussing the changes with a colleague - on the same phone line. Or one member of a household can use the family phone to surf the Internet, while another family member uses the same line for a telephone call. Now that the service has been approved, Bell will be initiating discussions with ISPs who will package their Internet service with ADSL access, and then offer to consumers with a new level of service. Once we have determined which ISPs will be offering the service, we will send out another version of the newsletter. Interested? Call your ISP now! [french version removed] Terry Flanagan Corporate Communications Bell Canada 613 785-2841 tflanaga@on.bell.ca Visit Bell Canada's new ADSL Web site at: bell.ca and our new broadband Web site at http:www.bell.ca/totalvision