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To: Pigboy who wrote (28766)	11/17/1997 10:12:00 PM
From: Chemsync	Respond to of 31386

[Report from Down Under] Australia - Broadband On Copper Wire: Magna HDSL Service 11/17/97 <<"ISDN with its 64kbps bandwidth will die a natural death as DSL technology takes off.">> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, 1997 NOV 17 (NB) -- By Georgia-Kate Schubert, Computer Daily News. Technically driven Internet service provider Magna Data believes it is surfing the wave of the future with its new HDSL service, branded Broadband for Business. HSDL is one of several DSL (digital subscriber line) services which can provide high speeds on ordinary copper wires. As Magna Data announced its move into the new field, respected British consultancy Ovum was proclaiming that HDSL -- and its close relatives -- herald the death of ISDN. "ISDN with its 64kbps bandwidth will die a natural death as DSL technology takes off," Ovum declared. HDSL (high bit rate digital subscriber line) allows access speeds up to 32 times faster than a 64kbit ISDN, Magna Data claims. This is based on a bandwidth of up to 2Mbps. The cost of the service is about A$1000 a month. To sweeten the slug, Magna promises an easier life -- there is no underlying carriage cost and just one invoice. Magna says it has already lured ANZ Securities, Asset Risk Management and other unnamed legal and financial wizards to the new deal. Magna Data's director of strategic development, Luke Carruthers, expects other ISPs to follow the lead. Broadband for Business is only available in the Sydney and Melbourne CBD at the moment which covers about half of Magna Data's subscribers. Ovum, meanwhile, says DSL, in both its asymmetric (aDSL) and unswitched (xASL) versions, is under trial with several international telcos. Ovum in its report, Digital Subscriber Line: the Route to Broadband, predicts a halt to the growth of ISDN lines by 2003. Kate Hewett, author of the report, says xDSL access lines will increase from 69,000 in 1997 to 19 million by 2003. By contrast, ISDN connections will reach a plateau of 30 million by 2002 as users migrate to higher bandwidth systems. Reported By Newsbytes News Network: newsbytes.com (19971117)