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To: Neal Hopper who wrote (11981)	7/10/1998 9:08:00 AM
From: Gall	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 21342

xDSL standard is not important, since you are going to get service first from your local RBOC and then from ISP. What is the difference, is it CAP, G-Lite, DMT or something else? You are not going to buy xDSL modem and then shop around for xDSL access. You are going to get that RBOC is going to offer you. It is same as cable TV service. Once you sign on they give you a cable BOX. Who cares that coding they are using in the BOX? The standards were important for analog modems, since you could chose to use different ISP providers from your home and ISP may support 56Kflex or 56K2x coding. And also how are you going to pay for xDSL service if it is you out of range of your local RBOC service? xDSL standard is important only for mobile users, but it is unlikely that all RBOC in the country are going to use compatible xDSL any time soon. In this case retailer version of hybrid analog/xDSL solution is going to win. So, what does it mean? The only important thing right now is what equipment RBOC is going to buy and install. As long as it provides high-speed access over plain cooper lines, nobody will cares what is inside. Gall.