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To: Chemsync who wrote (8895)	1/13/1998 12:39:00 PM
From: SteveG	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21342

<..But the telcos do not exactly welcome the idea of cheap T-1s. A $100 T-1 would imply that a regular phone line is worth $4 a month. Telcos don't like that idea...> As Milkman insightfully sugested (awhile back on AMTX), and I have confirmed, this is not exactly the case. ADSL can NOT be muxed for voice, so a 1.54Mbps line will NOT provide 24 voice lines. If a telco is multiplexing a T1 (or an HDSL) for voice, ADSL is not a comparable technology.

To: Chemsync who wrote (8895)	1/13/1998 2:53:00 PM
From: pat mudge	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 21342

[Telcos and tariffs. . .] The regional Bells will come around of their own free will or will be dragged, kicking and screaming. Steve -- Excellent article! Thanks for posting. I just got off the phone with my Siemens contact with answers from their man involved with technical standards. The primary issue with the splitterless solution is interference. Two solutions are likely: 1) drop the data rate when the phone is in use, or 2) install low-pass filters on all phone outlets. The issue, of course, is that life-line (911) service must not be interrupted. The AdHoc Working Group --- led by MSFT, CPQ, INTC, COMS, Siemens, and God knows who else --- is dead serious about pushing this technology forward. On the telco side, I was told Ameritech is setting up a subsidiary so they can deploy it without the hassles of unbundling. "Most are doing the same." The Committee met in early December and will meet again on January 20. I'm picturing Churchill's war rooms. . . Operation Overlord. . . Maps laid out. . . Dates specified. . . Contingencies considered. . . What I wouldn't give to be a fly on the wall! It's very likely the ITU commitee will decide the final direction and even without the final-final approval of ANSI the players will proceed and then make their products backwards compatible once the details are ironed out. Again, with the ITU committee chair being from 3Com, I'm betting they'll lead in the retail market. Of course the big question is who will provide their DSL? AWRE with ADI? Or TXN with AMTX? And, as I said last night, where does WSTL fit in? I don't have the answers, but once the box makers put on a full-court press, watching the telcos respond will be one helluva sport. Cheers! Pat