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The bandwidth potential of Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) technology is about to triple with a clever innovation that blends three regular phone lines into a relatively inexpensive 24M bit/sec pipe.
Start-up NetSpeed, Inc. next week will unveil BroadBond, its name for marrying tried-andtrue inverse multiplexing with
DSL modems. BroadBond will be implemented in an inverse multiplexer called SpeedRunner300, part of a sweeping product line that includes a remote access server for customers and a central office mux that lets carriers scrimp on modems.
While the cost of DSL services has not been set, BroadBond should offer significantly less expensive big bandwidth than the alternative of multiple T-ls or a...