Neal --
You really set me off on a search.
From MCI's website:
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MCI announces the commercial availability of HyperStream ATM service to the UK.
In an historic first for the broadcasting industry, MCI carries the nation's first live broadcast from a high definition television (HDTV) station via its fiber optic network.
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In an industry first, MCI announces that it is offering lower speed access options ranging from 1.544 Mbps to 12 Mbps in increments of 1.544 Mbps, or commonly referred to as Nx 1.544 Mbps (DS-1) to its HyperStream ATM domestic and international customers.
In an industry first, MCI and Bell Canada announced the commercial availability of ATM-based services between the U.S. and Canada.
MCI announces that it will provide the network connectivity for Harris Corp.'s historic first live digital high definition broadcast of a major league sporting event. The Baltimore Orioles faced off against the Cleveland Indians in Baltimore.
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MCI HyperMedia - a network-based service for multimedia applications such as video-on-demand, image storage and retrieval, groupware, corporate training and telemedicine. NBC is currently providing video-on-demand capabilities to its affiliates nationwide through MCI HyperMedia.
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SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A., 1998 MAR 16 (NB) -- By Bob Woods, Newsbytes. Yahoo [NASDAQ:YHOO] and MCI Communications [NASDAQ:MCIC] are officially in the online services business and taking on the likes of America Online [NYSE:AOL], as the two companies announced their new "Yahoo Online Powered By MCI Internet" service Monday.
The new service will be priced at $14.95 a month for unlimited access for the first three months. After that point, current MCI long distance customers, and those wishing to switch long distance services, will continue to pay $14.95 per month. Non-MCI long distance subscribers will see their rates go up almost 35 percent to $19.95 a month -- still less expensive than AOL's newly announced $21.95 unlimited usage monthly charge, Newsbytes notes.
When MCI and Yahoo first announced their joint venture last January, officials from both companies said that their new offering would not only contain Yahoo products and MCI access, but would have a unique front-end a-la AOL and other online services (Newsbytes, Jan. 12, 1998).
Through MCI, Yahoo! Online powered by MCI Internet is designed to provide customers with an integrated, easy-to-use service that features Yahoo's wide content, 24-hours-a-day 7-days-a-week toll free customer service from MCI, and billing from MCI, MCI marketing mogul David Trachtenberg told Newsbytes at the time.
Some of the features from Yahoo's current World Wide Web offerings that will be brought over to the new service include news and sports, stock quotes, travel, entertainment, and weather. Yahoo's famous search engine and directory will also be included, officials said, along with personalized services like financial portfolios and the "My Yahoo" offering. Other services include chat, e-mail, message boards, classified ads, and shopping.
Access to the service comes from MCI's 300 city-plus dial up points, officials said. All cities have 53 kilobits per second (Kbps) speed capabilities access via x2 technology.
In announcing the new service last January, Trachtenberg said MCI and Yahoo have a big target in sight: America Online. "The MCI strategy is in distribution: We want to get as many people registered on MCI Internet as we can," he said. "We will partner with specific companies that want to have large customers bases who are either Internet savvy or who are already on the Internet like Yahoo or our airline partners."
Trachtenberg said that MCI is not committed to only provide ISP services for Yahoo Online; in fact, MCI has signed distribution agreements with Cnet's Snap Online, and Microsoft's WebTV and Microsoft Network (MSN), he said.
Yahoo's goal, meantime, is to build the best content service out there to compete with AOL, he also said.
People wanting to sign up for Yahoo Online powered by MCI Internet can surf to the Yahoo Online download site at online.yahoo.com , or by calling 800-GET-YAHOO.
Reported By Newsbytes News Network: newsbytes.com |
