Is ADSL technically feasible in Sun City? What is GTEs technical model for the service?
Yes. GTE’s standard way of delivering ADSL is to connect local two-wire circuits from a residence to a local wiring frame, feeding them from there into a GTE Frame Relay switch circuit to the Internet Service Provider selected. At the local wiring frame, the voice signal is picked off and passed on to the telephone switch at the central office, providing POTS (plain old telephone service) on the same two-wire pair that is used for ADSL. What is GTE’s target market and pricing for ADSL – consumer or business market? Although ADSL is delivered through GTE’s medium- and large-business unit, GTE is hoping to target both the home and business markets with four levels of “unlimited” ADSL service: Bronze: 256K/64K: $35/mo. Silver: 384K/384K: $55/mo. Gold: 768K/768K: $70/mo. Platinum: 1.5M/768K: $100/mo. These prices do not include taxes and surcharges; and they do not include service from the ISP, who will have to make a substantial investment in equipment to offer ADSL Internet access servic
