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To: Lisa A. Grabenbauer who wrote (1142)	12/12/1997 6:44:00 AM
From: Robert E. Bruss	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21876

Saw this on Yahoo the other day, but no mention of a supplier: CHICAGO (Reuters) - Ameritech said today it is launching a high-speed Internet access service and has formed a partnership with Microsoft to make the service easier to install. Ameritech's high-speed service uses Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line technology, which allows customers to connect to the Internet at speeds up to 50 times faster than standard telephone line and modem. ADSL technology uses existing copper telephone wiring already in homes and businesses. Ameritech plans to make the service available to seven of 10 customers in the next three years. The service will cost $59.95 a month, which includes an ADSL line and unlimited Internet access, plus a one-time $150 installation charge. Through 1998, Ameritech is offering memberships at $49.95 a month and is waiving the cost of the modem. The service will allow users to download materials from the Internet at speeds of up to 1.5 megabits per second and send materials at speeds up to 128 kilobits per second. Ameritech and Microsoft are working with hardware manufacturers to make their personal computers and equipment ADSL compatible. Ameritech provides communications services including local and long distance telephone, cellular, paging, security monitoring, cable TV, electronic commerce and on-line services.

To: Lisa A. Grabenbauer who wrote (1142)	12/12/1997 11:20:00 PM
From: qdog	Respond to of 21876

Add Amati (TI), Westell, PAirgain to the list of premier switch makers, such as LU, NT, Ericsson, Siemens, Alcatel and others. Those three are in alliance with some of these guys are in the case of Alcatel (bought Rockwell's transmisson division a few years back) are going it alone. The specter of cable's HFC is very real; so the ROBC's are compelled to have to compete in a big and rapid way. There are still issues that have to be adressed in this regard, but xDSL is a bridge measure on the way to either a hybird fiber/twisted pair system or what LU has been saying all along; fiber to the curb. Even coax has limitations.