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GEORGE T. HAWLEY worked on transmission system planning for Bell Telephone Laboratories from 1963 to 1983, during which time he received a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn. In 1995 he co-founded Diamond Lane Communications Corporation, which was acquired this past March by Nokia, where Hawley is now chief technology officer for the High Speed Access Business Unit. He can be reached at george.hawley@nokia.com

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 281 Issue 4This article was published with the title “DSL: Broadband by Phone” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 281 No. 4 ()
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican101999-2Rn0qRHkCih3JeMnMQxRlF

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