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Dave,

I'm sure not holding my breath for ISDN or B-ISDN, but I would not
mind having them both!  The local loop is the last part and the one
which will take the longest, but for many city-based systems,
the pairs are short enough that there are no loading coils, so
the switchover requires only CPE and CO equipment. It is probably 
1996-2000 before we see 65% business penetration and 35% residential, but
your guess is as good as mine.

Vint