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To: Jack Whitley who wrote (37415)	3/4/1998 1:54:00 AM
From: pat mudge	Respond to of 61433

No doubt large cities will get xDSL first, but for it to be rolled out across the nation, someone is going to have to do a massive clean-up of local copper. If this problem has been mitigated, I would love to know, as I would love to see xDSL widespread. I think each region is different. GTE claims they have few problems in the Seattle area where they've been trialing with MFST. When they say they want full ADSL, I take that to mean they'll make it available bit by bit, area by area. And when people in the industry say the world will be fiber, I know they don't mean tomorrow. I do agree telcos will have a marketing challenge. Will they announce a minimum speed or will they be up-front and say speed depends on distance? If you check out GTE's website, you'll see they mention 1.5Mbps. gte.com When cars were first invented, the nation didn't have highways. So, too, the Internet. Later -- Pat