Ameritech, America Online Ink Pact for High-Speed
DSL Access
Business Wire - July 21, 1999 12:37
DULLES, Va. and CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 21, 1999--
Ameritech's ADSL Technology to Power AOL Broadband Service to Members
in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin
Companies to Launch Multiple ISP Cable Access Trial in Chicago Area
America Online, Inc. (NYSE:AOL), the world's leading interactive services company, and
Ameritech (NYSE:AIT), a global communications leader, today announced a strategic alliance
to provide broadband Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) access to the AOL service.
As part of a multi-year agreement that is the largest to date for Ameritech's commercial DSL
offering, Ameritech will accelerate installation of Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL)
technology into phone switching centers that will serve 8 million homes by the end of 2001.
America Online will use Ameritech's commercial DSL service to offer high-speed access to
AOL members in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin.
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