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To: Stephen B. Temple who wrote (1934)	11/17/1998 7:48:00 AM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 3178

>>Claudia Bacco, a senior DSL analyst with TeleChoice in Dallas, estimates that 50% to 60% of all the copper loops in the country can ultimately support DSL. << And therein lies a great deal of the resistance to deployments. ILECs are incredibly anal when it comes to uniformity of delivery over a particular serving area.

To: Stephen B. Temple who wrote (1934)	11/23/1998 8:07:00 AM
From: Stephen B. Temple	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 3178

MCI Offers Nationwide DSL Internet Access November 23, 1998 SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A.,: MCI WorldCom [NASDAQ:WCOM] has introducednationwide deployment of its DSL (digital subscriber line)- based Internet access services. The services are available through its UUNET network. The company expects 400 points of presence (PoPs) to be available by the end of the year, with 600 PoPs available in March, 1999. MCI is also hoping for 1,000 PoPs by the end of 1999. According to the company, the services "provide economical, higher-bandwidth Internet access to online service providers and smaller businesses." The company is claiming that this is the "first time that these groups have had access to a fully integrated, national DSL service from a single supplier company and a single contract." As a result, America Online and EarthLink will reportedly start trials of the new service by the end of the year. The company's PoPs include facilities from MCI WorldCom and third party LECs (local exchange carriers) and CLECs (competitive local exchange carriers).