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To: Eric Goethals who wrote (31026)	7/15/1998 9:08:00 AM
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Sprint doubts own ION plan Sprint sez: "I WANT MY DMT!" (Well, sort of...) -Steve From NetworkFusion Sprint doubts own ION plan Converged voice/data net relies on unlikely RBOC cooperation. By David Rohde Network World, 7/13/98 Washington, D.C. - Sprint's super-efficient network capable of converging voice and data traffic over a single broadband pipe won't likely be coming to your doorstep anytime soon. Statements filed by Sprint Corp. with the Federal Communications Commission and obtained by Network World reveal Sprint is not confident about obtaining the local access lines it needs to produce the Integrated On-Demand Network (ION). In language that at times directly contradicted statements by executives at the ION launch last month, Sprint lawyers said they were "gravely concerned" about the carrier's ability to obtain digital subscriber line (DSL) local loops needed to reach businesses and homes. ION, announced with much fanfare in June, is Sprint's new combined local and long-distance architecture (see story, NW, June 8, page 1). The network is designed to concentrate a user's voice, data and Internet traffic through an ATM device on the customer premises. FULL TEXT @: nwfusion.com