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To: Neal Hopper who wrote (11129)	6/2/1998 10:46:00 PM
From: bill c.	Respond to of 21342

Neal: Add Diamond to the DLC solutions... here is a interesting article that talks about BellSouth and the DLC... ....The new generation of equipment supplied by Alcatel, which is designed to operate at up to 7 mbps, achieves fairly high coverage within a service area by backing off to the 1.5-mbps level, thereby providing ample frequency paths to use in getting around noise blocks. But, like other telcos, BellSouth won't know until it markets the service just what percentage of lines in any given area will qualify for ADSL connection, Goldman said. This year, BellSouth plans to avoid the problems that are associated with the use of ADSL in service areas that are linked to central offices through remote terminals that are served by trunk lines known as digital loop carriers. There are no DLCs in the areas targeted for launch in 1998, Goldman said. But by the end of the year, the carrier expects to adopt a DLC solution based on various vendor options that are slated to enter the market in the second half, said Kenneth Frank, research director for BellSouth's science and technology group. "I'm very confident that we'll be able to offer service from DLCs as we go into 1999," Frank said. Because DLCs extend central-office switching into newer subdivisions and communities where demand for high-speed data is expected to be high, the industry has made ADSL over DLCs a top priority... 204.243.31.23