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To: Dug who wrote (8772)	1/4/1998 4:38:00 PM
From: Skiawal	Respond to of 21342

Gates Bullish on DSL in 1998 ÿ Check It Out ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Copyright c 1998 TeleChoice, Inc. January 3, 1998 -- Bill Gates is really bullish on DSL in 1998. His year-end look-forward column, distributed in syndication in major publications, makes that clear: I have six predictions for 1998, or at least six that I'll share. Four are repeat predictions that didn't quite come true in 1997: that videoconferencing and net meetings will become important, that people will widely recognize that PC technology can take on any computing task, that 3-D graphics will become mainstream, and that the total cost of owning a PC will fall sharply. There are two new predictions, too. They go by the acronyms "DSL" and "DVD." DSL, which stands for "Digital Subscriber Line," is technology that allows vast amounts of data to travel across standard telephone lines. DSL, which is already in use in some places in Europe, Australia and Singapore, allows phone companies to connect subscribers to the Internet at speeds that may be dozens of times faster than speeds using conventional analog modems. For example, Sheraton hotels will begin installing DSL services that allow a personal computer to receive 7 millions bits of information per second, compared to the 28,800 bits per second that are typical. Service trials will begin in Sydney, Australia, early in 1998 and spread throughout East Asia and then to Sheraton hotels in the United States. Trials of DSL are under way in the United States already, although it won't be until late 1998 that substantial numbers of consumers get the service.

To: Dug who wrote (8772)	1/4/1998 4:42:00 PM
From: Skiawal	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21342

U S WEST Promises "Dozens of New Markets" for DSL in 1998 ÿ Check It Out ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Copyright c 1998 TeleChoice, Inc. January 2, 1998 -- U S WEST intends to agressively move forward with DSL, if you believe its New Year's resolution. The communications firm has issued a very jolly lookahead in 1998 for its advanced services and long distance plans. "For U S WEST customers, 1998 promises to be the year when the communications revolution becomes a reality," predicted Solomon D. Trujillo, president and CEO of U S WEST Communications, who said the company plans to take big steps this coming year to bring the benefits of competition and new choices in integrated services to customers in the West and Midwest -- and other parts of the United States. telechoice.com