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To: riposte who wrote (30780)	4/14/1998 2:36:00 AM
From: pat mudge	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 31386

What do you think of that ORCTF/GTE deal? I would have thought that ORCTF would have popped better than it has. Also, I thought Amati (now WSTL) had this wrapped up? Orckit has the first roll-out but there's been nothing reported on what size their contract is. The San Jose Mercury said it was in trial quantities. Amati's technology is available to WSTL through TXN, as it is to anyone else who wants to buy it. As for anyone having the contract sewn up, the only company I thought might get it was CSCO and when they bought NetScape I realized something had gone seriously wrong with their Dagaz solution. Lots of surprises yet to come, I'm certain. Pat

To: riposte who wrote (30780)	4/15/1998 2:04:00 AM
From: pat mudge	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 31386

Steve -- We've had some strange ADSL news over the past two years, but this one may take the cake. "Strange" in that it's vague on who's doing the actual technolgy. Pat <<< BANGKOK, THAILAND, 1998 APR 14 (NB) -- By Sompit Potipattanakorn, The Nation. The Telephone organization of Thailand (TOT) plans to join with United Communications (Ucom) to establish a company to provide new services over existing telephone lines, including higher speed data transmissions using asymetric digital subscriber line (ADSL) technology. Prasert Atsawasuwan, deputy managing director of Ucom subsidiary United Information Highway Co. Ltd., declined to reveal the shareholding structure and registered capital. After the negotiations have been completed, both TOT and Ucom staff will run the operation. Services are scheduled to be provided by the end of this year after the negotiations have been wrapped up, expected to be within nine months. The cooperation is aimed at reducing investment risk and costs but will provide wide-ranging services. "After the negotiations we will have no need to install new copper-line networks, but will provide or demonstrate our services to customers through TOT's existing network. The cooperation will help Thai telephone providers compete with foreign providers expected to target Thailand after the market has been liberalized," he said. He said over half TOT's existing telephone network is thought to be capable of handling ADSL technology. With the new technology, Internet users, ISPs and content providers will be able to send data over copper telephone lines at an upstream data transmission speed of 64K and downstream speed of 2 Mbps. "ADSL is designed for use with copper lines and will help provide higher speed links with no need for new infrastructure," he said. ADSL can be used by high-speed modems for Internet, broadcast, wide area network and local area network transmissions. It is compatible not only with copper lines but also ISDN and ATM. Prasert said the ADSL service will meet the requirements of ISPs, relevant organizations and users, all of which will have to pay more for the value-added service. The price of the service will depend upon distance and transmission speed, but will be comparable with leased lines. For circuit links including leased lines, frame relays and asynchronous transfer mode, the company will provide router leasing services to customers that do not have their own technicians. With such services, the company expects to increase its number of customers from 1,500 circuits to 3,000 circuits by the end of this year. Unlike other operators, the firm has no plans to reduce its charges because it claims it will provide better services. Reported by Newsbytes News Network newsbytes.com >>>