uld prove to assist in communications advancements. In an interview with a Southwestern Bell Representative, we were informed that they are undergoing a 6 billion dollar project to deliver DSL to about 80 percent of the market by 2001. Due to the current restriction of 18,000 feet, SW Bell is attempting to place remote central offices to accommodate the demand to provide DSL service to rural communities. Once this is complete, we believe that prices for a digital subscriber line will decrease while the use of dial-up connections will become obsolete. Today, the technology for high-speed Internet access and network-to-network connections is more accessible than ever before. DSL technology is expanding the use of these services to areas that had previously been accessible only through expensive and hard to manage T1 connections. DSL is quickly bringing high-speed connections to individuals and homes, but seems to be lacking the adequate Information Technology personnel or expertise to easily install and maintain the equipment. DSL will be playing a crucial role in the next ten or more years as the telephone companies enter new markets for delivering video and multimedia information. The success of these new services will depend on reaching as many subscribers as possible during the next few years. It should prove to be quite successful in bringing movies, television, video catalogs, corporate LANs, and the Internet into homes and businesses. The future holds a market for DSL where the bandwidth will be increasing, the graphics will be intensifying, the video will be crisp, and the speed will be phenomenal. DSL will literally transform the existing public information network from one limited to voice, text, and low resolution graphics to a powerful system capable of bringing multimedia, including full motion video, to everyones home this century....
