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To: Ed Forrest who wrote (26183)	7/21/1999 12:52:00 PM
From: Ed Forrest	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 41369

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.

To: Ed Forrest who wrote (26183)	7/21/1999 12:53:00 PM
From: Sam	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 41369

Everyone please welcome Ameritech and it's 8 million customers to AOL broadband DSL -- biz.yahoo.com. Oh, here is a snippet from the article about cablem modem trials as well ... The companies also announced that they will join in a cable modem trial later this year in the Chicago area. America Online will offer its high-speed service via Ameritech's americast® cable TV system in a multiple ISP trial that will demonstrate both technological feasibility and consumer choice. So, who's next? $am