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Monday, June 28, 1999
BT to unveil high-speed Internet service
AGENCIES
London, June 27: BT is set to roll out its high-speed Internet network service in August. The new system, called Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL), will allow Internet users access to much higher download speeds and the ability to view high-quality television and video through their computer.According to the Financial Times newspaper, BT Financial Director Robert Brace told an investment conference that the company was just weeks away from launching the new service.BT has been testing the system since 1994 at sites in West London. But it has angered media groups and Internet service providers by the long delay in offering the service. Other network operators, who lease lines from BT, have been unable to offer ADSL until BT clarifies the charges for access to its network. BT is believed to have delayed the launch because of fears that ADSL will take business away from its existing, highly profitable ISDN lines, which are being marketed for Internet use as Home Highway. Copyright © 1999 Indian Express Newspapers (Bombay) Ltd.

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