Qwest Sues 14 City Utah Fiber Project > Thats Qwest for You

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Re: Thats Qwest for You

DSL was invented by a scientist at Bell Labs in 1988. Although DSL had immediate potential, it did not become relevant in the public eye for some time. This was due to many factors, including the limited ability of computers at the time to process information at high speeds, and the relatively undeveloped state of the internet at that time.

DSL internet became more important with the advent of affordable broadband technologies in the late 1990's. Though originally just a laboratory quirk, the advantages of DSL in speed over a second phone line were immediately clear. Consumers and internet service providers rapidly warmed to the idea, and it is now one of the most popular forms of broadband internet access in America.

One of the reasons many companies were unwilling to embrace DSL service at first was because it was far more profitable to lease customers a second phone line to allow them to access the internet. As other broadband technologies became available to consumers, however, interest in DSL grew. Gradually, companies realized that users would be willing to pay premium prices for the advantages that DSL provided over older technologies. (Boy, little did they know)

Want to know one of THE first telephone companies to launch DSL? Qwest, formerly U.S. West. I would harldy say that the born date of DSL in 1988 is WAY before the 90's.