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Computer makers speed up Internet [CNN]
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> COMPUTER, PHONE COMPANIES SEEK TO SPEED INTERNET
>
> graphic January 26, 1998
> Web posted at: 9:46 p.m. EST (0246 GMT)
>
> WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Top computer firms Compaq, Intel and Microsoft
> and leading telephone and networking companies Monday announced an
> alliance to promote high-speed Internet links over ordinary phone
> lines.
>
> Telephone companies banded together and sought support from the
> high-tech giants to ward off a competing scheme for faster Internet
> connections relying on cable television wires.
>
> The phone group said it will offer the International
> Telecommunications Union, which sets industry standards, a uniform
> method of connecting to the Internet using "asymmetric digital
> subscriber line" technology, or ADSL. Equipment makers plan to offer
> products based on the standard.
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