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To: djane who wrote (53163)	8/30/1998 10:15:00 AM
From: jach	Respond to of 61433

<T1, Anyone? Data Centric CLECs Make the Push for Non Voice Services [ASND reference] x-changemag.com By Gary Kim ..............extracts <<The logic is fairly simple. CLECs excel financially when a single T1 pipe can be filled up with voice and incremental data traffic. "One infrastructure, multiple revenue streams" is the mantra.>> this had and has been this way for many moons already, nothing new mantra here ~ <<Leasing full T1 circuits from the incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC) is an option. But CLECs can do even better when two copper pairs can be leased at $50 and outfitted with high-bit-rate digital subscriber line (HDSL) modems to deliver multiple voice circuits and high-speed Internet or data access. So CLECs are installing traditional time division multiplex (TDM) access equipment, including channel service units/data service units (CSUs/DSUs) and integrated access devices (IADs) that handle IP and frame relay traffic, typically using HDSL. Despite the growing importance of newer synchronous protocols, T1 and DS-3 are the mainstays of CLEC access.>> T1s circuits is global service and 50$ copper pairs is a plain old two wire that may or may not be able to support anything more than the plain old telephone - point is - reality seldom plays out in the dreams; and regarding data synchronous protocols with physical T1 and T3 - what's the way people used to say - yes, is apples and oranges -