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Technology Stocks : LAST MILE TECHNOLOGIES - Let's Discuss Them Here
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To: Raymond Duray who wrote (5676)10/26/1999 2:43:00 AM
From: RTev   of 12823
 
U.S. West might actually be thinking about doing some bleeding edge development within the footprint of its original territory.

I don't know how I end up defending the folks at US West so often, but I think they deserve some defense here. In fact, most of their bleeding-edge development is within their own territory.

Some examples: They rolled out an early test of ADSL in Phoenix over two years ago. They introduced it in the other five major urban areas of their territory over a year ago.

Right now, they're doing a VDSL video service test in Phoenix:
cabledatacomnews.com

Their PCS system might not be bleeding edge, but it does offer services that aren't available on most other wireless services. The footprint for that is entirely within their home territory. (Again, it ignores most of the geography to focus on the mass of thier customers in urban corridors.)

Right now sidewalks and streets throughout downtown Seattle are torn up as USW pulls fiber directly into several buildings. (WCOM, MFNX, AT&T, and at least two other companies are doing the same, judging from the helpful marks painted onto the sidewalks by the city before the digging.) I suspect they're doing that elsewhere as well.
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