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To: pat mudge who wrote (30528)	2/10/1998 10:01:00 PM
From: hal jordan	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 31386

>I know this is the case and I still maintain telcos will eventually offer one line code and not two or three. Why? Because no one wants to have to worry about which system they buy, the same as VHS versus Beta. For modems to be offered retail, they need to be standard and interoperable because my modem does have to match my telcos.< I think it will take several more years for that to happen. Too many vendors are offering too many different line codes that are going to end up confusing everybody. There is no way all these different line codes will interoperate. Something has to give. I think each telco will buy what makes sense to them, for the time being. Maybe one day it will all come down to a single line code. Maybe it will be VDSL by then! I suspect that if it does come down to one line code, that won't take place until well after 2000. Given the abysmal deployment record of telcos to date, anything else would be too much of a shock. On another note, it looks like little PairGain may have beaten the big guys to the punch with their new DMT chip. Low power is the name of the game. PAIR may eventually be one of the best xDSL plays out there. We'll find out in a few more months when the dust settles a bit. Hal