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To: R. Murphey who wrote (28758)	11/17/1997 4:33:00 PM
From: Greg M.	Respond to of 31386

[GTE - Telechoice ] telechoice.com BTW, "Commercial" means "non-trial". This is GTE's main CLEC (GTECommCorp) contract for ADSL. Cheers, Greg From the article:<snip> The two companies signed a multi-year contract for the use of Westell's ADSL equipment and new technologies for the GTE commercial ADSL service roll out. GTE will market the ADSL service as ADSL OnSite and will initially focus on key markets where demand for ADSL is expected to be the highest. "We are very pleased to be associated with GTE a leading U.S.-based carrier that is now set to commercially deploy ADSL services in key markets nationwide," stated J. Nelson, President of Westell, Inc. "As more and more customers begin to use ADSL OnSite, consumer excitement and demand for more and more applications will grow. The ubiquitous nature of this technology and the competitive advantage for both businesses and individuals will become evident and continue to spur demand." GTE Communications Corporation is the competitive local exchange carrier business unit of GTE Corp. (NYSE: GTE - news) that has signed a contract with Westell to supply the equipment for the commercial deployment of ADSL services in key markets throughout the United States. Initially targeting the commercial real estate market for ADSL deployment, GTE begins its roll out by deploying Westell ADSL systems in approximately 1,000 residential units at the Mariners Village apartment complex in Marina Del Rey, California. Real estate professionals will use ADSL service to their competitive advantage, as residents will be able to tap into the high-speed bandwidth capabilities of ADSL Mariners Village real estate developer Doug Ring said, "By enabling people to work more efficiently and productively from home as compared to a traditional office, ADSL will revolutionize the way condominium and apartment dwellers think about using technology to stay ahead in business." With the success of this initial deployment, Ring intends to quickly equip more of his properties with ADSL. <continued>

To: R. Murphey who wrote (28758)	11/17/1997 4:48:00 PM
From: hal jordan	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 31386

[Word...Words...Words...] Schmedley...commercial is definitely for profit service. However, the use of multi-year does not elate me for the lack of the word...EXCLUSIVE. GTE has the right to use any xDSL vendor they want to. Furthermore, looking at the architecture of the GTE CLEC rollout here, it is Ethernet based. Ethernet based ADSL does not scale well, pointing to the perspective that an ATM based ADSL rollout may come later. That means another vendor could easily be selected. As I stated on the WSTL thread, 1,000 users to me is another covert word for "trial". Lets see how well this does in the real world. If you want to see a good PR announcement for an xDSL rollout, well, look at PairGain in Phoenix. Multiple COs, thousands of customers. That is what I was hoping for here. Sadly, Mr Seamens disappoints once again. There is one more item all this PR biz has taught me. We will not see mass rollout of consumer based ADSL Internet service for a long time. No consumer (short of a very rich consumer) will pay $125 a month for ADSL based Internet Service. A quick survey on this thread could prove that. Therefore, these little mini-rollouts will continue without much consumer penetration. I guess we are still at least a year or two away from seeing prices targeted at the consumer market. Give me my $40 a month cable modem any time. I'll take ADSL when my telco can give it to me for roughly that same price range. Hal