In a 3-to-2 vote, the Georgia Public Service Commission ruled that BellSouth must offer DSL as a standalone service, even to consumers who do not subscribe to BellSouth’s voice services. The order is expected to be appealed to the federal courts.
http://www.psc.state.ga.us
BellSouth is Required to Provide Standalone DSL in Georgia
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From the Technology Graveyard
You just read about DSL. Here is what it replaced:
ISDN served 1986–2018. What ultimately replaced it?
ISDN digitized the local loop into 64 kbit/s B-channels for voice/data plus a 16 kbit/s D-channel for signaling (BRI = 2B+D), giving all-digital dial-up and faster call setup over ordinary copper. Its job passed to DSL — but the problem it solved, and the ideas it proved, live on in what replaced it. The standard rests here in the archive. One of 198 technologies here that opened a door and then held it for the next.
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