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To: Altec who wrote (1205)	1/21/1998 12:35:00 AM
From: Keith Hankin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29970

Instead, @Home users share a much larger bandwidth on the neighborhood coax segment, and they've got an architecture specifically designed for high-speed. In comparison, DSL is a joke. That was my understanding, that there is shared bandwidth on the neighborhood coax segment. But isn't it true that DSL does not have any shared segments? I suggest you re-read the 'xDSL myths' piece on the @Home site (www.home.net) I'll do that, but I'd prefer to read something more independent.

To: Altec who wrote (1205)	1/21/1998 1:05:00 AM
From: Keith Hankin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 29970

From all that I have read about xDSL versus cable Internet access, I believe that there will be a good market for both. xDSL will be particularly popular with businesses, since they do not have a cable option. This is the market that xDSL will be targeting, primarily. Cable access will probably be more prevalent in the home, however some significant xDSL market penetration may come about. It all depends upon how quickly xDSL ramps up relative to @Home. An advantage of xDSL is that about 50% of homes can get it without copper upgrade (this according to @Home's own web site). Compare this with 2-way HFC readiness of cable, pegged at 10%. OTOH, the xDSL market is fractured, with no real standards and no leader, although a recent push by some big companies including MSFT is attempting to get an xDSL effort on-track. I am also wondering how quickly the 2-way HFC readiness of cable will occur, given the cost of doing so and the fact that the cable companies are so debt-laden. Does @Home have any control over the upgrade, or is it effecting it in any major way?

To: Altec who wrote (1205)	1/21/1998 1:38:00 AM
From: Keith Hankin	Respond to of 29970

I suggest you re-read the 'xDSL myths' piece on the @Home site (www.home.net), or check out the discussions on comp.dcom.xdsl (where the 100+:1 DSL concentration was discussed in detail recently). I just subscribed to comp.dcom.xdsl. Unfortunately, it does not go back that far and only shows 40 new messages, none which seem to talk about the issue you mention about DSL concentration (looks more like 101 Dalmatians:) Can you point me to somewhere that I can get a copy of the original thread(s)?