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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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The SciencesOctober 1, 1999

DSL: Broadband by Phone

George T. Hawley

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