Contents :- The 1999 xDSL Comprehensive Report - About the IEC - University Program - Consortium-Affiliated Universities - Official Media Sponsors - Table of Contents - Table of Contents by Author - ACRONYM GUIDE - Foreword - ADSL: Prospects and Possibilities - Investing in Managing the Last Mile - xDSL Opportunities for PC Vendors - The Business of Delivering High-Speed Data To Multidwelling Units - Breaking the xDSL Profitability Barrier - An Overview of xDSL Products - The Last-Mile Infrastructure:Co-location Realities - ADSL Business: Key Applications That Drive the Business Case - CuNet Deployment: A CLEC Perspective - xDSL Early Deployment Results:Valley Telephone Cooperative - Using a Multistage Subtended DSLAM for Cost-Effective Deployment of ADSL Networks - Deploying xDSL on the Private Loop - Early Deployment Results and DSL Market Acceptance - DSL Data: Competitive local Exchange Carrier Analysis - Early Deployment Results of xDSL - VDSI Performance: Mixed-Services Deployment - Cable Modems: A Broadband Solution to the Home - Alternative Broadband Access Technologies - The Bright Future of ATM and DSL Access Networks - Etherloop - Network Architectures - Directions in Digital Subscriber line Silicon Connectivity Solutions - xDSL Deployment Strategy Based on a Migration from an IP-Based to a Cell-Based Architecture - Technical Competition and the Impact on xDSL - Customer Premises Network Architecture for DSL Remote - Turning Copper into Gold - xDSL Technology - xDSL: Semiconductor Trends and Opportunities - xDSL Backbone Solutions - ADSL Operations and Network Management - Architecture and Technology Choices - The Evolution of Copper Access Transmission from Voiceband Modems to DSl Technologies - xDSL Technology Tutorial - Supercharging Telecom Products with ADSL Technology - Are There Any lessons learned From ISDN? - A Solution Suite for the xDSL Provisioning Process - DSL System Integration - DSL Technology: Simply the Best Choice - Optimizing Bundled Services:The Local Access Provider's - The World Will Not Look the Same in the Year 2005 - Computer Industry Support of xDSl - Defining Digital Loops: Avoiding Remonopolization in a Digital World - Computer Industry Issues for Universal ADSL - Formal DSl Standards Progress - Delivering High-Speed Internet to the Mass Market - Government Policies Affecting xDSL Deployment - xDSL Standards