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To: 4-UR-Eyes-Only who wrote (9925)	3/29/1998 8:20:00 PM
From: bill c.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21342

[ GTE... Michael Bolduc, director of product management for GTE Internetworking Services ] ....High-speed access also will play a role in GTE's growth, although not as much as some analysts predict, said Bolduc. Initially, the company will offer an asynchronous service designed for specific applications such as medical imaging. GTE's competitive local exchange carrier unit, GTE Communications, currently offers asymmetrical digital subscriber line (ADSL) service in select out-of-region markets. By the end of the year, GTE will roll out in-region ADSL, charging somewhat more for it than the $39.95 currently charged for ISDN. "We're going to be very active in that market, but we don't think we're going to have more than 1000 paying customers this year," said Bolduc. "But it's going to develop to a point where we will serve in the hundreds of thousands in five years."... internettelephony.com Wow!! 1,000 paying customers by the end of the year? Now that's a slowwwww ramp for 1998 or are they talking about 1997? The Promise of ADSL Modern telecom applications have outpaced the bandwidth capabilities of the local loop--and the strain will only get worse. Although many solutions have been proposed, ADSL may be the most logical answer... ...ADSL has now been tested by most providers, and many are planning service rollouts. All of the Bell regional holding companies have tested DSL technologies, and will have ADSL commercially available on a large scale by mid-1998. GTE intends to make the service available in first quarter. Other providers will undoubtedly follow suit... internettelephony.com Just another face in DSL crowd? TI's sudden visibility seen as a plus, not as a market driver Texas Instruments made a big splash last year when it acquired Amati and, along with it, proprietary control of discrete multitone line coding for asymmetrical digital subscriber line systems.... internettelephony.com