Craig Ford wrote in a message to Pratap Derrick:
CF> Pratap Derrick wrote the following to David Bowerman, and I
CF> quote (in part): 
 PD> BUT... Rockwell Did announce a 1 MEG bit transferrate over a POTS 
 PD> line (downleg/128k upleg) Its an adaption of the ADSL protocol...
CF> Please note that though ADSL technologies make use of
CF> existing copper wire loops, they are _not_ the same thing as
CF> POTS. These are not dial-up technologies, but rather
CF> point-to-point clinet/server protocols. 
CF> It works real well if your teleco is also your ISP, as ADSL
CF> technologies require that server modems be located at the
CF> CO.
   Wellllllllllllll... I read it a little different..
   I read it as a dial up..But...
   Here is a part quote...
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Rockwell Announces 1Mbps Digital Modem Technology That Matches
 Conventional Analog Modems in Price, Simplicity
New technology is unveiled concurrently with ITU industry standards meeting 
to help lay groundwork for the next step in high-speed
 Internet connectivity beyond K56flex(TM) modems
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., Oct. 28, 1997 -- Rockwell Semiconductor Systems has 
announced a new technology for modems that can be priced, sold and installed 
much like today's popular V.34 and K56flex modems, yet offer downstream data 
transfer speeds that are 10 to 20 times faster. The announcement was made 
this week to coincide with an International Telecommunications Union (ITU) 
meeting focused on developing standards for this new technology.
Designed exclusively with the consumer in mind, Rockwell's Consumer Digital 
Subscriber Line (CDSL) modem technology
offers an affordable, 1Mbps solution for Web browsing
and remote computing over standard telephone lines.
At the same time, it preserves the same
straightforward retail marketing and deployment model
of conventional V.34 and K56flex analog modems.
Rockwell believes Consumer DSL(TM) represents the next
logical step after K56flex modems, and has elected to unveil the technology 
early in the standards development process in order to solicit the broadest 
possible industry participation among the companies who must collectively 
define an interoperability standard for it.Internet users are starving for 
more bandwidth, and it's important that we begin working on the next Internet 
connectivity breakthrough even as K56flex modems are establishing their place 
in the market," said Raouf Halim, vice president and general manager of 
Rockwell's Network Access Division.
"We hope that by presenting this technology very early in the ITU discussions 
we can accelerate the standardization process," Halim said. "A year or so 
from now we want to see a seamless transition from 56Kbps PCM modems to this 
next higher-speed technology."
Rockwell has taken the first step by announcing CDSL concurrent with this  
week's ITU Study Group 15 meeting, which is focusing on a recently
 established category for this type of technology called G.adsl lite. 
"Additionally, we look forward to collaborating with other industry leaders 
in the appropriate forums and standards bodies where we will detail our 
technology," Halim added.
Rockwell expects that product and service roll-outs for the new technology 
could begin as early as the second half of 1998.  Once telephone companies 
adopt the new technology it will offer the next logical performance 
progression after K56flex modems, although K56flex
 modems are expected to remain ubiquitous for a number of years. 
Additionally, Rockwell expects to deliver CDSL modems which incorporate all 
existing modem modulations, such as K56flex and V.34, to provide the
 broadest global interoperability possible.
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