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To: Dale J. who wrote (58497)	6/22/1998 6:28:00 PM
From: Steve Porter	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Dale, Well define widely deployed. The problem with ADSL is there are serious distance limitations. There are phone companies that are saying they will never be able to service more than 40% of their customers with xDSL due to current distance restrictions. I don't call a 40% coverage wide deployment. However the roll-outs are starting around this time frame. Steve

To: Dale J. who wrote (58497)	6/22/1998 6:51:00 PM
From: Joey Smith	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 186894

Dale J, IMO xDSL is pretty much dead with a bleak future, based on a lot of technical factors already mentioned on this thread (copper wires can't be too old OR too new, you have to be close to the CO, etc.) and economic ones (don't expect phone Cos. to invest too heavily on improving this technology with deregulation costs, etc.) I'm betting on cable modems as being the infrastructure of choice for the next 3 years, and then satellite after that. made on killing on @Home so far... joey