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I have been following IPTV and I was a little disappointed to learn that AT&T's U-verse internet (VDSL: next gen dsl) will only have a max speed of 6mb's.One reason is that since VDSL is next generation dsl it still relies upon copper twisted pair telco technolgy. The other reason is that HDTV utilizes 1.5gb of bandwidth. The strange thing is that VDSL is supposed to have a bandwidth of 20gb's. The more likely scenario is that the current VDSL chips are first generation. Will be interesting to see what happens in any case.
[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: One thing I do not understand about the 'new' AT&T is that now they claim they have _three_ DSL speeds available, low, medium and high, ranging from 1.5 through 6.0. Can anyone who happens to be an AT&T DSL customer explain how they calculate this, and if it is true or not? PAT]