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To: r.edwards who wrote (17738)	5/20/1999 12:31:00 AM
From: Boplicity	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 41369

Nothing! see this. news.com Greg

To: r.edwards who wrote (17738)	5/20/1999 12:38:00 AM
From: George Martin	Respond to of 41369

r.edwards - ATT does have wireless presence but nothing approaching a national footprint -- not sure of area / penetration. DSL is by definition based on twisted pair copper wire -- all lines essentially owned by the RBOC's. Per FTC / congressional dereg, they do wholesale use to other competitve local exchange carriers (CLECs, I believe they're called) as well as to other DSL providers (many recently to market - RTHM, COVD, NPNT). DSL technology can come in different variants in providing higher speeder / bandwidth capacity at progressively higher cost. (See Bell Atlantic page for eg's). Different variants: xDSL, ADSL, DSL-lite or G-lite, I believe it's called. For example, in ADSL, the 'A' stands for Asymmetric meaning data transmission speed is faster one way vs. the other way: downloading vs. uploading. Good luck - George Martin