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To: Trey McAtee who wrote (9655)	3/9/1998 5:01:00 PM
From: thomas odonoghue	Respond to of 21342

Found this article in Windows Sources today This article was written by Joseph P. McGarvey for Windows Sources magazine in the April 1998 edition vol. 6. num 4 on page 40. Directly quoted: To ensure that telephone companies don't repeat the same blunders that short-circuited the mass potential of ISDN, a trio of computer industry giants-led by Microsoft-is spearheading the transformation of Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) into a practical and affordable telecomm standard. Microsoft, along with Compaq and Intel,recently teamed up with regional and national telcos (including Ameritech, Bell Atlantic, Bell South, GTE and Sprint) to develop specifications for a standard DSL modem. The modems, which could be ready by years end, will cost, install and operate the same as today's analog modems. But they will deliver data at a top speed of 1.5 Mbps-25 times faster than traditional modems, which tap out just short of 5 Kbps. Known as the Universal ADSL spec ( or ADSL "lite"), this specification is a derivative of full-blown ADSL. That technology was initially designed to send digital video data across existing copper telephone wires at a top rate of 8Mbps. But telephone carriers abandoned it, largely because it was too difficult to install ADSL. The problem is that ADSL requires telephone companies to reconfigure standard telephone wiring at the customer's residence. And a device that separates voice and data traffic, known as splitter, must be installed for ADSL to work properly. By trading raw performance for ease of installation (Universal ADSL does not require any wiring alterations or a splitter), the backers of the new standard aim to accelerate the use of ADSL. For it's part, Microsoft has agreed to further simplify the installation routing by adding generic ADSL drivers to Windows NT 5 and Windows 98, so they'll be recognized by Windows Plug and Play architecture. Similar to Microsoft's other efforts to stimulate the development of broadband conduits to the Internet, such as it's billion-dollar investment in cable operator Comcast, the OS giant's contribution to ADSL deployment is intended to increase interest in the Internet. That will, in turn , says Cameron Myhrvoid, Microsoft's VPof public network sales and business development division, "increase the value and utility of PC's and open up opportunities for new software and applications."-Joseph P McGarvey