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To: Elroy who wrote (5652)	2/25/1999 11:21:00 AM
From: PGM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9236

Hello all, I'm a new member although I've been monitoring this thread for about 4 months. Made some decent profit on awre, I must say. I've come across an article on DSL that is must reading for anyone on this thread. Its at: data.com Its dated 4/21/98 but it has good info regardless. It makes me wonder if this bubble may burst before long. One of the main points I got out of the article was that the RBOCs have no incentive to push DSL as it only means revenue loss for them from loss of T1 sales. This leaves ISPs buying bandwidth using "dry" lines (see article).

To: Elroy who wrote (5652)	3/9/1999 12:40:00 PM
From: Scrapps	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9236

ADSL Forum Makes Strides toward Bringing Broadband Access to the Masses Coming Year Promises to be Significant Milestone for DSL Deployment WASHINGTON, D.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 9, 1999--The ADSL Forum Summit and working meetings in the Nation's Capital took giant steps toward resolving issues related to the mass market roll out of DSL (digital subscriber line). The meetings highlighted avoiding risks to the seamless, borderless and international nature of the Internet and global e-commerce. ''The telecommunications industry needs a regulatory framework which is clear, stable, and stimulates business opportunities worldwide. Whether it is for business, education, entertainment or information exchange, the world is demanding speed,'' said Hans-Erhard Reiter, the Chairman of the ADSL Forum. Regulatory Developments In his keynote address, Congressman Rick Boucher (D-Virginia) of the House Telecommunications Subcommittee remarked that the advent of the current digital world is the most significant communications trend since the 100-year-old copper network was deployed. He informed over 300 delegates from telephone companies, equipment manufacturers and computer businesses from around the world that resolving bandwidth scarcity will be a priority of the Congressional agenda during the 106th Congress. ''In the last mile, the vast majority of users still access the Internet with dial-up modems operating at 56 Kbps or less,'' said Boucher. The deployment of last mile broadband services will allow DSL to address the significant demand for ''always on'' high-speed access. The Congressman also touched on preventing spam, the privacy rights of citizens, and the legalities surrounding digital signatures. Congressman Boucher invited ADSL Forum Summit meeting delegates to contribute to current thinking on new U.S. legislation which he and other members expect to offer in the next month or so to facilitate development of the Internet backbone and deployment of ''last mile'' broadband services throughout the country. Industry analysts, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and telecommunications service providers each addressed how to accelerate mass market deployment of DSL worldwide at the Summit, setting the scene for three more days of intensive technical and marketing working meetings for Forum members. Technical Progress An ADSL operations and network management workshop united more than 100 service providers and over 100 other industry players to progress the technical work of the ADSL Forum. The 230-strong crowd debated and brainstormed creative approaches to provisioning, fault management, and network management systems. According to the Forum's Technical Chair, Gavin Young, ''This is the first time a group of this scope and magnitude gathered face-to-face, with so many service providers adding enormous value and impetus to our technical work. The opportunity for this sharing of information and collaboration from so many perspectives is essential for effectively transitioning from trials to full-scale service deployments.'' That workshop and the opportunities for automated provisioning software (creating an automatic process from customer order to service switch-on) were major topics for technical work throughout the week. Current progress on automated provisioning has focused on G.lite, the ''plug and play'' entry level DSL that is expected to be ready for consumer launch later in 1999. In preparation for this mass market deployment, the Forum's members are addressing interoperability testing issues using ITU standards, the development of which was accelerated by the efforts of the Universal ADSL Working Group (UAWG). The UAWG's focus is the ongoing task of accelerating time-to-market for interoperable, standards-based products. The Forum's members also began consideration of the next technical developments. Tracking emerging DSL technologies is a continuing mission for the Forum to ensure that their requirements are evaluated and integrated into its technical and marketing program. Hans-Erhard Reiter, Chairman of the ADSL Forum, closed the week with acknowledgement of the progress made and the steps still to come, ''Demand for ever-faster access to the Internet is accelerating around the world. That is just one application for DSL technologies. In Washington, we have made further significant strides toward enabling mass market deployment. As we progress our technical work, we must also ensure that the worldwide regulatory framework is clear for both the industry and end users. Those regulatory issues include privacy and protection of personal data; intellectual property rights; encryption; e-commerce; digital signatures and taxation.'' The next ADSL Forum Summit meeting will take place in Vienna, Austria on 25 May 1999, preceded by a day long workshop open to members and non-members on 24 May regarding voice over DSL. About the ADSL Forum The ADSL Forum represents over 300 of the world's leading companies from all sectors of the global communication and computer industry, governed by a Board of Directors elected by its members. In this year's annual election, the membership voted to appoint two new luminaries and re-elected four others whose two-year term on the Board had expired. Jim Southworth, Director of Advanced Network Services and Technologies for Concentric Network Corporation, and Kevin Kahn, Director of Communication Architecture for Intel Corporation and co-chair of the UAWG compliment the nine incumbent members. This non-profit membership organization was founded in 1994 and is dedicated to helping service providers and their suppliers realize the enormous market potential of DSL and accelerate its deployment. The entire list of the Board of Directors and additional information about the ADSL Forum is available at www.adsl.com. biz.yahoo.com

To: Elroy who wrote (5652)	3/19/1999 11:00:00 AM
From: Scrapps	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9236

Bandwidth Wars: FCC Helps High-Speed Internet, Data Associated Press - Posted at 3:11 p.m. PST Thursday, March 18, 1999 WASHINGTON (AP) -- Companies that provide high-speed Internet and data services would be helped by action Thursday by federal regulators. The Federal Communications Commission agreed to tighten rules making it easier for companies to install equipment at major local phone companies' central offices to provide high-speed services. The revised rules should take effect in one or two months. The order would help companies, including Covad Communications and NorthPoint Communications, which provide connections letting businesses access information from computers at speeds considerably faster than regular phone lines. It also would help other companies that want to provide just local phone service. The FCC's order is designed to make it cheaper and faster for companies that compete or want to compete against the nation's five Bell companies, GTE and other major local phone providers to put equipment inside the major companies' offices in order to provide competing services. The companies need to do that to provide their own competing phone, data or Internet access services. FCC Chairman Bill Kennard said the order should spur more competition for all these services. The order, among other things, lets the competing companies install a wider range of equipment than previously allowed in those offices. The order also gives the competing companies, for the first time, the option of being able to rent a tiny amount of space, rather than being forced to rent a 10-foot by 10-foot fenced enclosure, which can be expensive. Also, it lets competing companies that have been denied space to inspect the major companies' offices for verification. Covad said the FCC's order could help the company provide services to more areas by ''reducing some of the bureaucracy and cost'' of installing equipment. BellSouth does not believe the revised rules are necessary, saying it already offers rivals some of the options. Bell Atlantic said it needs to study the details of the FCC's order before taking a position on the rules. Separately, the FCC proposed licensing rules for companies that want to provide telephone and data services by satellite. The FCC said it has enough airwaves space to accommodate all nine companies -- including Iridium, Globalstar and Boeing -- that have expressed interest in getting a license. The FCC also said it would look into whether licensed companies should have to provide 911 service that lets emergency dispatchers know the location of callers. The FCC hopes to have a final licensing plan by the fall or winter and would start licensing companies shortly after that. Courtesy of Moonray. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Okay Elroy...the DOW has done hit the 10,000 and may close there or above today and AWRE is back in the 40s...dispite the on thread shortster's attempt to prevent that. Now where are you...okay I hope.