Re: NYT on new DSL modems from AT&T

[David Lesher <wb8foz@nrk.com>]

  > 
  > What's the story on this? jamie
  > 
  > http://www.nytimes.com/library/cyber/week/0604radsl.html
  > 
  > 
  >           June 4, 1996                                    [Image]
  > 
  >           AT&T Paradyne Announces
  >           High-Speed Modem Technology
  > 
  >           By LAURIE J. FLYNN
  > 
  >           [I] n an all-out effort to protect the telephone
  >               franchise from the threats of cable television,
  >           satellite and other emerging technologies for accessing
  >           the Internet, AT&T Paradyne announced on Monday a new
  >           technology that will give both home and business
  >           customers much faster Internet access than is possible
  >           today over standard phone lines.
  > 
  
  It's xDSL. But like ISDN, it's dependent on the RBOC upgrading the
  host end, and of course offering it at rates folks will pay.
  
  If Bell Awful wants $249/month for ISDN, what will they ask for
  something faster????
  
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