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To: hal jordan who wrote (8624)	12/29/1997 11:12:00 AM
From: bill c.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21342

Hal: >> What you may claim and what telcos are saying internally are two different things << My friend doesn't perform loop qualifications. He tells me Lucent and DSC will both provide their DLC solution for a MASS deployment. Those issues that your friend is discoving will be solved by shortening the copper loop lengths. DSC and Lucent are both working on the next step of VDSL/SDV with BA. BA's ramp starts before mid-98, that's what he tell's me. The notion that BA isn't working these issue, is false. I don't think you've made that statement, but others have. BA has publicly stated they have a separate contract with DSC to upgrade the outside plant copper to a Digital Loop Carrier solution. They have also publicly stated that they are upgrading at over 1,000,000 lines per year. My neighborhood is a perfect example of being > 18,000ft from a CO, ,actually 4-5 miles from the CO, and being upgraded to a DLC solution. I'll be < 1 mile from the DLC and able to get 6Mbps service.... until later.

To: hal jordan who wrote (8624)	12/29/1997 11:15:00 PM
From: Trey McAtee	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21342

hal-- to paraphrase ed mcmann(sp?), you are correct sir! the problem is, CEO of BEL is saying that deployment is going to be much broader than anticipated, that they are going to be able to deploy more lines than they originally anticipated. a lot of people internally at the RBOCs are saying that the problems they anticipated are not nearly as bad as they thought they would be. but....you are absolutely right about targeting. xDSL is going to be targeted at urban and suburban populations, where the distances arent great and the problems on the line can be found and fixed fairly easily. BA says 1 million lines....that could come out of NYC alone! good luck to all, trey