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To: Joe Griffin who wrote (33396)	9/24/1998 10:53:00 AM
From: Eddie Kim	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 97611

Let me see...I do believe that Compaq announced months ago that all new products will be ADSL equipped. Please correct me if I'm wrong. Also believe that Compaq owns a part of Road Runner. I'm not sure if they are cable modem or ADSL.

To: Joe Griffin who wrote (33396)	9/24/1998 12:54:00 PM
From: John Koligman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 97611

Joe, As others have already mentioned, CPQ has been actively involved in xDSL for some time now. I don't think there is an actual ADSL modem in the Presario yet, but it does come with IEE1394 firewire and ethernet support for cable modem compatibility. Remember, all this xDSL stuff is 'dreamware' for most of us in the U.S. At present, a small subset of cities is having the service rolled out, and it will not be widely available for years. In rural parts of the nation, it may NEVER be available due to distance constraints between your home and the central switching office. That's why cable will also be a force to contend with. Most users will be stuck with 56k for some time yet.... John PS - To give you an example, I am on a list to be 'notified' when Bell Atlantic will be getting around to making the service available in my area. Currently, they are starting to deploy in the Washington DC area and Philadelphia. Next year, parts of New York (urban). I live a couple hours north of the city, so it will most likely be some time before it is available here.... As for cable, I asked, and my cable company's response was - 'we have to rebuild the system, see you in two years or so'...

To: Joe Griffin who wrote (33396)	9/24/1998 9:55:00 PM
From: rudedog	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 97611

Joe - CPQ announced in May that by 4Q98 ALL CPQ consumer desktop machines would ship with ADSL standard. CPQ has been in the lead on developing the ADSL standard for several years now, in a 3-way effort with Intel and Microsoft. It was CPQ who drove acceptance of ADSL by 9 of the major Telco providers in February of this year. In addition, these same machines will also support cable modem by year end, for all those folks who can't get ADSL. I believe that most new CPQ machines today are equipped with ADSL. Dell is sure not the thought leader here, more like follow the leader.