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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (3765)	5/19/1999 10:44:00 AM
From: WTC	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 12823

Frank, RE: GBLX and VDSL, I failed to appreciate the significance of the after-dinner parlor show you mentioned: <As a sidenote, and probably more appropriate for this thread, they have made numerous references to web tone during the call, and a very big issue, a very big one, on their VDSL intitiatives going forward. They are demo-ing it now over a 4,000 ft "string" of copper on one of the floors there, using someone's pedestal wares and terminal gear. I'd like to know whose it is. Anyone know? They are showing the ability to pull down any of 167 channels, I think they said, while using the Caller ID and incoming/outgoing call capabilities from the STB. For what it's worth.> LOTS of VDSL vendors have demoed VDSL are various data rate and distance combinations. Texas Instruments and Viagate come to mind as companies that are at the forefront of technology development, standards work, as well as demonstrations and publication of details of system configuration and performance. As standards proceed but prior to standardization, it has become important to add "ADSL compatibility" to the test/demo parameter. Basically, VDSL systems are spectrally agile enough to just turn off the DMT carriers that overlap with ADSL spectrum, to achieve "compatibility." This naturally means the throughput at a given distance takes a hit, but that may the reality of real-life deployment. Why the interest in the pedestal wares and terminal gear? Do you have a sense that those choices for a network will have any material impact on the successful deployment and operation of VDSL? As for pulling down 167 or 500 channels, this is just a matter of how many video streams are available to switch to at the video server complex or multiplexor where the full bandwidth is available to the VDSL pipes. The BEL ADSL video trial for 1200 customers in 1993[!] provided VOD with 60 streamed cable channels and access to over 400 VOD selections. So this is not cutting edge, or are they doing something, do you suppose, that is? As for the telephone caller-ID, this is a commercial, advertised, generally available product in New Jersey with DirecTV service provided by Bell Atlantic. Again, no real breakthrough, but we always have to give the integrators credit, too.