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Foil 6 Possible Future Communications Technology
-- A PacBell Strategy

From Implications of NII for Kids Jamesville-Dewitt School Districy Science Week -- April 25,1995. by Geoffrey C. Fox * Critical Information in IMAGE
In California, Pacbell announced in November 93 that it will use ATM (optical fibre) as a trunk information line and then use (existing) cable to reach groups of 500 customers
One can choose either 500 separate channels (now you get some 50-100) which are the same set offered to everybody or
Restricting cable to 500 homes and letting each choose from any one of trillions of channels -- some of these are provided by you or both Jamesville Dewitt school district

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