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To: mchip who wrote (19050)	3/23/1999 12:57:00 AM
From: Glenn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90042

The bandwidth will be there in the central office. xDSL wins. Glenn

To: mchip who wrote (19050)	3/23/1999 1:02:00 AM
From: Glenn	Respond to of 90042

mchip you are too cool. Smiles, Glenn

To: mchip who wrote (19050)	3/23/1999 1:38:00 AM
From: Stash	Respond to of 90042

Cable vs XDSL.. Check out the info on pair and the time span of deployment of cable,fiber vs XDSL.... here is the link. cbs.marketwatch.com A cut from the CBSMW article. The whole article is worth the read. <Well, whether they're available now or not is another issue. But they should soon be here. Cable, for instance ... also fiber optics. These wires seem like they have some clear and compelling advantages to copper. Isn't it a concern that while it may take a while to upgrade all the wires that eventually they will be and that copper will no longer be the way data is transmitted? PAIR NASD Last Chg. 9 1/8 0 % Chg. Vol. 0.00% 1,086,900 Day Lo. Day Hi. 8 3/4 9 1/2 Open Prev. 9 1/8 9 1/8 As of Mar 23/99 1:15 am ET Last Trade Mar 22/99 4:00 pm ET 15 MIN. DELAY CEO of TUTS. D'Auria: Sometime in the future, we will all have fiber optic cable coming in to all of the rooms in our house, and all that. I will be a much older man by then. I think realistically, all joking aside, that's a proposition that is at one level compelling but at the economic level is many, many years away. Many years away. Coming back to your comment about these alternatives, we're excited about these alternatives. We're excited about cable alternatives, rewiring, whether that be with specialty copper wire or fiber optic cable, whether it be ADSL solutions. > The last mile solution...XDSL. This looks promising for PAIR,Stan