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To: Daniel Ralls who wrote (1685)	1/21/1999 7:20:00 PM
From: savolainen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1998

[hardened dslam: bell south and sbc] hi daniel, yes orctf held up remarkably well today and agree that the next week could get interesting... thanks for the comments on pair, had forgotten the comment on their avoiding rboc etc price competition... not sure how long they'll stick with that one... if they're gonna be a player... they're gonna have to be competitive on price... had somewhat interpreted the comment as cover for the loss of bel hdsl to adtn.. and i did notice the hardened DSLAM announcement at xdsl.com.. .. have been looking for it on the fujitsu websites ... no luck so far, imagine it will show up relatively soon.. the hardened dslam thing jumped right out at me because it points to bell south and..sbc ... the "companion article" to this press release was a piece a few months ago: --- "October 15, 1998 THE DLC DILEMMA One third of America is waiting for carriers to find a way to deliver DSL from the digital loop carrier, but time is running out. By Annie Lindstrom ....SBC also is considering the use of DSLAMs that can be deployed in a non-controlled environment, also known as a hardened DSLAM. "We are real close to having some success with that," Owens notes. SBC also is evaluating Alcatel's Mini-Ram, a universal mini-DSLAM built for the specific purpose of being deployed alongside multiple vendors' DLCs inside the same cabinet. The solution's Achilles' heel is that it supports only eight ports of DSL. GTE Network Services, which is in the midst of an aggressive rollout, is not yet providing ADSL to DLC-served customers, which account for 30% of the carrier's 22 million access lines, says Mike Osborn, manager of technology testing. Like SBC, GTE is considering a hardened DSLAM or reconfiguring existing DLC cabinets to accommodate a remote-sized DSLAM. The Fujitsu Network Communications Inc. Speedport DSLAM that GTE is deploying in its COs is a hardened DSLAM. GTE also is looking at deploying an integrated line card that supports both voice and DSL data. The carrier probably will not deploy an integrated solution until 3Q 1999, Osborn notes. Fujitsu and vendor partner Orckit Communications plan to develop a line card that will plug into Fujitsu's Factr DLC and make it available about six months after the Universal ADSL (UADSL) specification is ratified, says Bob Laurent, marketing manager for Fujitsu. Meanwhile, GTE will begin deploying interim solutions by years' end, Osborn says... According to Dirk Palenick, director of advanced networking division for BellSouth, the RBOC is trialing two hardened DSLAMs, one of which is Alcatel's ASAM ATM DSLAM, and another which he declined to name. BellSouth also plans to use the Alcatel Mini-RAM when it begins rolling out service to DLC-served customers by year's end. "The devices only serve eight to 16 subscribers, but they are portable; so when they fill up, we can take them out, put in a hardened DSLAM, and deploy the Mini-RAM elsewhere," Palenik says. Integrated line cards also are on BellSouth's "radar screen," he adds, noting that the RBOC has not yet "bought in" to any of the solutions it is evaluating..." americasnetwork.com also there would seem to be more than a little potential european news pending.. best wishes s