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Subject: CNET News.com Week in Review for November 21, 1998
CNET News.com WEEK IN REVIEW
THE ENTIRE TECH WEEK IN A SINGLE EMAIL
Saturday, November 21, 1998
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The week's news: DSL coming of age Broadband Net access
draws closer after Comdex, as PC manufacturers and telecoms
announce widespread rollout.
High-speed Net access seemed to draw much closer at Comdex, as
PC leaders Compaq and Dell both announced plans to include DSL (digital
subscriber line) modems in consumer desktops. Telecom giants signed on,
announcing service will begin as soon as year's end.
Everyone's in on the act
Monday at the computer industry's biggest trade show, Compaq unveiled new
consumer PCs with DSL modems while announcing a series of relationships
with a who's who lineup of high-speed access providers: Road Runner/MediaOne
Express, @Home Network, Ameritech, Bell Atlantic, BellSouth, Hughes
Network Systems/DirecPC, GTE, SBC Communications, Sprint, and UUNET.
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Despite some last-minute glitches Dell followed suit, announcing a
more limited package with USWest. Meanwhile, MCI Worldcom
weighed in, announcing in a keynote that it will roll out nationwide
DSL Net access by the end of 1998.
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http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C29027%2C00.html?dd.ne.tx.wr
The upshot: Should the trend continue, Net connection speeds may
begin to replace chip speeds as the yardstick by which PCs are
measured. But DSL may also be just the trick for voice over IP.
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