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To: savolainen who wrote (2328)	1/16/1998 3:48:00 PM
From: Norman Klein	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9236

Aware article in the Boston Globe First, thanks savolainen for that clear explanation of the parts of an ADSL modem. I immediately printed it out and pored over it. You have enlightened me considerably on that subject. So thanks once again. This following article appeared in the Boston Globe boston.com It doesn't really contain much new info (outside of pricing info) but I thought that someone might still want to see it. <<Bender is chief executive of Aware Inc., a small company in Bedford that's one of the leaders in ADSL research. His firm is working on a type of ADSL modem nicknamed G.Lite that will sell for about $300 and will let you receive data from the 'Net at up to 1.5 million bits per second. Sending is slower - 512,000 bits per second. To get top speed, you must dwell no more than two miles from a telephone company switch. Aware says about 80 percent of American homes are inside this charmed circle. Bender says that in the next month or two, some major computer and telephone companies will announce a plan to make G.Lite an international data communications standard. ''Computer manufacturers will adopt G.Lite by Christmas 1998,'' Bender said. Look for built-in G.Lite modems in name-brand PCs, and expect telephone companies to offer ADSL Internet access to the home for $30 a month. Bender's being coy about which firms are joining this grand alliance. But according to Ann Jensen of the ADSL Forum, a leading industry group, Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., and Compaq Computer Corp. are spearheading the effort. Jensen says these companies and other communications firms will meet in the next couple of weeks to hammer out details.