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SAN MATEO — DSL has emerged as the primary broadband technology that people will use to drive the next wave of Internet applications. As the chairman of Efficient Networks Inc., Mark Floyd is helping ...

DSL technology, already struggling for corporate dollars, was smacked down yet again last week when the Federal Communications Commission voted to phase out line-sharing over the next three years.

About a year ago, “Marketplace” host Kai Ryssdal was hanging out in Claremont, North Carolina, in a plant owned by Prysmian, a fiber-optic cable manufacturer. He was watching sand and glass turn into ...