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To: Hiram Walker who wrote (2837)	7/8/1999 4:59:00 AM
From: Hiram Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4134

Another article about BLS,lots of data in this article. americasnetwork.com Eat More Fiber BellSouth is aggressively deploying fiber in its network infrastructure. Virtually 100% of the company's interoffice facility network is fiber and 60% of the feeder network is fiber. By the end of this year, approximately 500,000 homes will be served by fiber in the distribution network. Additionally, just this year, BellSouth began deploying dense wave division multiplexing (DWDM) systems in the long-haul interoffice facility network. In July, the company will issue a request for proposals (RFP) for DWDM systems that serve the metropolitan area. Fiber will be BellSouth's platform for satisfying today's voracious appetite for bandwidth, which will continue to increase at exponential rates. As the cost of FTTH decreases, BellSouth will deploy FTTH instead of FTTC in new-build situations. Where there is existing plant, BellSouth expects to deploy FTTH solutions on an overlay basis when increased bandwidth is needed to support new services and provide wider market coverage. BellSouth has learned a lot about fiber in the last mile in the years since the company first introduced FTTH in Orlando in the mid-1980s. What was once just a concept is becoming a reality. By 2001, BellSouth expects FTTH to become the economic and performance choice for last-mile deployment. BellSouth will be ready to use fiber's virtually unlimited bandwidth to meet customers' future needs, whatever they are. Tim