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To: pat mudge who wrote (29384)	11/26/1997 12:07:00 AM
From: ratan lal	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 31386

Pat << It's not a big deal, but it does keep Uncle Sam from using our money for 12 months and that's something. >> I dont think you need to worry about 1997 taxes. I think TXN will accrue the liability in 1997 thus wrting off the R&D expense in 1997 BUT pay shareholders in 1998 thereby postpoing your tax liability. JMO. you might want ot confirm with them ratan

To: pat mudge who wrote (29384)	11/26/1997 12:07:00 AM
From: MangoBoy	Respond to of 31386

[article: "Big Apple braces for xDSL"] zdnet.com Big Apple braces for xDSL By Carmen Nobel, PC Week Online 11.25.97 6:00 pm ET Manhattan residents will soon have another incentive to telecommute, as xDSL technology is installed in several city apartment buildings in the borough. Thorn Communications Inc. and DualStar Communications Inc., both based in New York, are in various stages of retrofitting old copper wiring with digital subscriber line, which will allow residents to receive high-speed Internet access without their apartments being torn up. Working with Newmark & Co. Real Estate Inc., also of New York, Thorn is deploying RADSL (Rate-Adaptive DSL) Hotwire equipment from Paradyne Corp., in Largo, Fla. Thorn, which began DSL trials in October, will work with Newmark to go live with RADSL by early next year. The company is close to deploying DSL in another four buildings, officials said. Thorn is using Paradyne's DSL Access Multiplexers and DSL modems. The 2.56M-bps service is being offered for $100 per month for residential tenants in fully wired buildings. Commercial customers will pay $500 per month for equipment and Internet access, with a one-time installation fee of $750. Meanwhile, DualStar Communications, working with Teleport Communications Inc. and Ascend Communications Inc., will begin ADSL trials next week on Manhattan's West Side. Initially, 48 apartments in one building will be hooked up with ADSL, according to DualStar President Vincent D'Onofrio. DualStar has yet to announce pricing. Of all the existing flavors of xDSL, analysts said RADSL and ADSL make the most sense for telecommuters, as both offer much faster data rates on the downstream than on the upstream. "Those are the two that are going to show up the most in the future," said Virginia Brooks, an analyst at Aberdeen Group, in Boston. "ADSL is attractive to intense Internet users." Thorn can be reached at thorn.net. DualStar is at dualstar.com.