Meantime, local phone companies are starting to sell high-speed Internet access through digitalsubscriberlines.
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That is faster than many digitalsubscriberlines' Internet service today, yet glacial next to the fiber-optic service now available to many consumers.
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That means Brand X was able to buy access to those networks at wholesale prices and resell high-speed digitalsubscriberlines (known as DSL) to their customers.