IP: BIG surprise :-) FAST PHONE LINES MAY HELP AOL TRUMP CABLE TV from edupage

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

In the face of AT&T’s acquisition of MediaOne, which gives AT&T the ability 
to deliver broadband Web access to more than 60 percent of American homes 
via cable lines, AOL is looking to establish a nationwide high-speed 
Internet access network without cable. The company is moving fast to 
bolster its commitment to DSL technology that delivers high-speed Internet 
access via copper phone lines at speeds faster than cable, and wants to 
forge agreements with the Baby Bell phone companies to develop a unified 
DSL. The Bell companies have been developing DSL for their territories for 
some time, and AOL now wants to make agreements with all of them and GTE 
and possibly unify their efforts under the AOL brand. (Wall Street Journal 
05/07/99)