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To: pat mudge who wrote (27688)	10/22/1997 2:36:00 PM
From: riposte	Respond to of 31386

[International/Asia-Pacific: The Last Mile is the Longest] Hi Pat - Found this at Data Communications' Web site... Steve (80F/Sunny) Local-Loop Technology By To Chee Eng and David Greenfield It'll be a while before DSL, cable modems, and broadband wireless break the bandwidth bottleneck in the local loop [TEXT DELETED] Right now, only one PTT, Singapore Telecom Ltd. (Singapore), has taken the plunge on wide-scale commercial deployment of ADSL. It's already installed ADSL access multiplexers in 27 telephone exchanges, making the service available to 60 percent of Singapore's population. Full coverage is planned by the end of the year. The ADSL service forms one of two access networks for Singapore ONE (One Network for Everyone), a project that aims to offer a wide range of multimedia services over an ATM network. Access also is provided over a cable TV network from Singapore Cablevision Ltd. (Singapore), a member of the industry consortium developing Singapore ONE. Other participants include Singapore Telecom and three ISPs. Initial offerings are limited to Internet access and video on demand for consumers. Business services are still at the planning stage. [REMAINING TEXT DELETED] FULL TEXT AT: data.com