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To: schlep who wrote (16019)	5/1/1999 11:09:00 AM
From: Michael F. Donadio	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 21342

Schlep, Think of each ADSL via POTS as having 3 components: 1.A large one for high speed downstream data. 2.A smaller one of high speed upstream data. (That is why it is called asymmetrical -- A in ADSL). 3 A voiceband one which carriers the usual phone conversations and connections. As such you are always connected the internet via 1 and 2. The voiceband functions as your current telephone would. In full rate ADSL there is a splitter that separates the voiceband from the data bands. Pricing is determined by provider. In g.lite their is no splitter but it provides slower service and it has been reported some interference between the voiceband and the data bands. Filters may have to be installed in g.lite installations. G.lite is inferior but is being deployed to save the telcos from having to send workers to provide splitters at each installation. This reduces service from what could be 8 Mbyte to about 1.5 Mbytes downstream. All the best, Michael