I think US West is prepared to be agressive:
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<US West to speed
telecommute
By Jeff Pelline
November 7, 1997, 10:40 a.m. PT
Telecommunications carrier US West will announce
on Monday an initiative to offer high-speed Internet
access to telecommuters.
It comes just days after @Work, a division of
@Home, struck a deal with giants in the
cable-television industry to offer @Work Remote,
extending local area networking to telecommuters.
(See related story)
Both represent another signal that competition is
heating up between the telcos and @Home to
provide high-speed access, and telecommuters are
a prime target. Despite its growth potential, the
commercial high-speed data market still is in its
infancy, facing both technological and marketing
hurdles.
Both companies cited estimates that the number of
telecommuters is expected to increase to more than
14 million nationwide during the next four years.
One reason: the average worker spends 41 minutes
per day commuting to and from work, according to
the National Transportation Safety Board, so
telecommuting can give workers more time to be
productive.
As with @Home, US West will roll out its
"Telework and Mobility Solutions Initiative" on a
wide scale in the first part of next year.
The initiative will include US West's newly launched
DSL (digital subscriber line) service, as well as
ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network). The
plan aims to provide a customized package of
services and technologies that includes training,
hardware and software, service, and support.
As previously reported, US West rolled out DSL in
Phoenix last week, and plans to expand it to 12
cities in the western United States, including Denver
and Seattle, by the middle of next year. This month,
Pacific Bell plans to launch a DSL market trial in
Silicon Valley, and Pac Bell, Bell Atlantic, and Bell
South all plan commercial rollouts of DSL next
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