Ed,

SLC/pair gain are just channels. DSL is similar to the old AML --- you can only be so many feet from the C O. Now, IF (BIG IF) you are fed by fiber to the SLC, they can install the required cardage and your footage starts all over again (usually 17000 from the C O or SLC). But due to Judge Greene's ruling, the utilities won't normally do it because then the other utilities can by law use their facility at less cost. CATV and SBC both run in front of our business park --- neither will equip the SLC because the first one to do it will be the loser.

Isn't deregulation wonderful?

KLD


Ken
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