If you have web access, try the following site which contains an ADSL
tutorial:

http://www.adsl.com/adsl/adsl_tut.html

Here are the first two paragraphs from that page:

                                ADSL

                        Twisted Pair Access to the Information Highway 

Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL), a new modem technology, converts 
existing twisted-pair telephone lines into access paths for multimedia and high 
speed data communications. ADSL transmits more than 6 Mbps to a subscriber, and 
as much as 640 kbps more in both directions. Such rates expand existing access 
capacity by a factor of 50 or more without new cabling. ADSL can literally 
transform the existing public information network from one limited to voice, 
text and low resolution graphics to a powerful, ubiquitous system capable of 
bringing multimedia, including full motion video, to everyone's home this 
century. 

ADSL will play a crucial role over the next ten or more years as telephone 
companies enter new markets for delivering information in video and multimedia 
formats. New broadband cabling will take decades to reach all prospective 
subscribers. But success of these new services will depend upon reaching as 
many subscribers as possible during the first few years. By bringing movies, 
television, video catalogs, remote CD-ROMs, corporate LANs, and the Internet 
into homes and small businesses, ADSL will make these markets viable, and 
profitable, for telephone companies and application suppliers alike. 

Here's another page which covers ADSL and other broadband technologies (known 
generically as xDSL):

http://www.telechoice.com/xdslnewz/

If you don't have web access, let me know and I will send you other information 
via fax or mail.

Best regards,

Dave LeVasseur
Advanced Product Development Manager
Midcom, Inc.

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From:   [email protected][SMTP:[email protected]]
Sent:   Wednesday, September 18, 1996 11:00 AM
To:     [email protected]
Subject:        Re: ADSL

Dear Mike (and other Treggers):

I'm not familiar with ADSL.  Could you (or anyone) provide me with a
reference to find out more about it?  I'd be very appreciative.

Rick Tate
T-Metrics, Inc.


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