frank.
good question. i culled the following from Network Plus' S-1 (dated 30 jun 99) available here:
sec.gov
-chris.
postwords: i believe UNE = unbundled network element (but i'm sure you already knew that)
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CO-LOCATION FACILITIES
Each UNE we deploy, whether for local service or high-speed DSL service, will be a direct connection from our customer to one of our co-location facilities located in the central office of the incumbent local exchange carrier. Within each co-location facility we have deployed, or are deploying, both Lucent digital access nodes to support switched voice services and digital subscriber line access multiplexes, or DSLAMs, to support our high-speed DSL service offering. By designing our co-locations in this manner we are able to allocate the overhead costs associated with deploying co-locations across multiple products and revenue streams. This co-location architecture supports integrated voice and data service and can be extended to support emerging applications as customer requirements dictate.
We expect to have 20 co-locations operational by August 1999 and an additional 80 co-locations by year-end 1999. These co-locations and the aggregate number of business lines currently served by the local telephone company in these locations as of April 1, 1999 are set forth below.
PLANNED PLANNED ADDRESSABLE BUSINESS CO-LOCATIONS CO-LOCATIONS LINES SERVED BY CO-LOCATIONS AS OF STATE BY AUGUST 1, 1999 BY YEAR-END 1999 APRIL 1, 1999 ----- ----------------- ---------------- ----------------------------------
Connecticut................ 3 9 196,263 Massachusetts.............. 7 32 805,549 New Hampshire.............. 2 4 90,979 New York................... 7 14 707,077 Rhode Island............... 1 5 98,559 Georgia.................... 0 11 295,399 Florida.................... 0 25 575,446 -- --- --------- Total............ 20 100 2,769,272
By year-end 2000, we expect to have 220 co-locations operational. Until we have deployed the necessary co-location facilities in a specific geographical region, our DSL services will utilize the underlying network of NorthPoint or another DSL provider and our local exchange services will utilize the underlying network of the incumbent or competitive local exchange carrier. As a co-location becomes operational, we will migrate local and DSL customers onto our own network facilities. As of May 15, 1999, we had sold over 35,000 local access lines, of which approximately 14,290 are expected to be on-net and served out of the co-locations we expect to deploy by year-end 1999. |