xDSL, And a Bit More

Gentle Readers,

The landscape of acronyms continues to grow. Another new one has surfaced that is Multirate Digital Subscriber Line (MDSL.) It seems that this another name for the previously mentioned CDSL, but with another vendor's implementation. It does not seem that the subscriber or line quality determines the speed, except for what the customer buys at implementation.

This differs from the similarities of RADSL and ADSL which both test line quality upon connection and use speeds accordingly. The difference between those two is the fact that RADSL can also be implemented to provide bandwidth upon demand.

Another implementation is the new 10 Mbit Modem. This is Ethernet over copper pairs. A vendor has implemented this and it is in testing. It shares many similarities with ADSL in that some of those installations involve the use of a break-out box to separate the voice and data lines, a special "modem" at the computer that connects to an internal Ethernet card. The humorous part of this tale is that the vendor refuses to call it EDSL (the Edsel did not sell for Ford Motor Company.) It definitely looms on the horizon.

Statistics:

1. Only 11% of VARs now or will sell xDSL in the next six months. No confidence in which technology will win out, and besides there is a vast shortage of talent to install the systems. A Bit More

2. "Which vendor company do you think will be most influential in ten years?" It was between 'Microsoft' and 'The company hasn't been launched yet.'

3."Who will own Java in ten years?" A tie between 'The industry' and 'There will be no such thing as Java.'

4. Most VARs (over 85%) expect to make most of their money from support and service within the next ten years.

Just thought those interesting; especially the Java one!

Peace,
Clarke