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To: marc friedman who wrote (14114)	11/19/1998 10:22:00 AM
From: riposte	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 21342

DSL.Lite on trial in Oregon I guess that it was inevitable that a new standard, g.lite, would demand another round of testing and trials. Steve Here's another article from NWFusion. DSL.Lite on trial in Oregon By Tim Greene Network World, 10/29/98 Portland, Ore.- GTE has leapt into a trial of easy to install digital subscriber line (DSL) technology. Following the announcement last week that an international standard for the easy-install DSL, known as DSL.Lite has been formalized, GTE said they have been conducting a trial of the technology in Portland, Ore., for the past 30 days. The goal of the trial is to find out how well DSL.Lite works in the real world over existing phone lines and using existing phone wiring inside homes. [TEXT DELETED] One problem identified so far is that the quality of voice connections can be poor on a DSL.Lite line, depending on how good the actual phones are. So GTE has provisioned the DSL.Lite modems to drop their speed so they will run quieter when anyone picks up a phone in the house. [REMAINING TEXT DELETED] FULL ARTICLE @ nwfusion.com