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To: MikeM54321 who wrote (5827)	11/3/1999 3:06:00 PM
From: MikeM54321	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12823

Thread, I was getting a little concerned when I could not find the official link for the SBC Pronto announcement. But I finally found it. For those interested (Lot's of Last Mile information in it), here it is: quote.bloomberg.com MikeM(From Florida)

To: MikeM54321 who wrote (5827)	11/3/1999 8:05:00 PM
From: Ray Jensen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12823

Mike, I recall that Siecor is a joint venture subsidiary of the electronics giant Siemens of Germany, and Corning Glass of Corning, NY. I don't think Siecor is a separate company with its own stock. Siecor is one of the largest manufacturers of fiber cable and fiber optic accessories (optical connectors, patch panels, patch cords, fiber fusion splicing equipment) to be found anywhere. All in all, very good products. Hmm, absent from the list of SBC suppliers is Pirelli, once the supplier of 90+ percent of fiber cable to Pac Bell in Pre-SBC days. Lucent must have pushed out Pirelli with a multi-product bundle deal as fiber supplier, in conjunction with a switching equipment sale or some other big ticket item. Ray.

To: MikeM54321 who wrote (5827)	11/17/1999 8:35:00 AM
From: MikeM54321	Respond to of 12823

Re: SBC Pronto - DSL Customers Thread, Just thought I would post this blurb about how many DSL customers SBC plans to have in a year time frame. Pretty ambitious, but IMHO possible. Apparently they already have close to 200,000. For future reference, at the bottom, is Ken's recently posted stats. MikeM(From Florida) ************************** SBC Sees 1 Million DSL Subscribers Next Year In Broadband Push NEW YORK -- SBC Communications Inc., the nation's largest local telephone company, Tuesday said it will have at least 1 million digital subscriber line customers by the end of 2000 and will start showing double-digit revenue growth in 2001. The San Antonio, Texas-based company's chief executive Ed Whitacre Jr said the company will surpass 200,000 DSL customers by the end of this year. Last month, SBC launched a $6 billion expansion of its DSL network [Project Pronto]. DSL technology uses standard phone lines to provide high-speed Internet access. In light of its bid to focus on its broadband technology, SBC also announced Tuesday it has suspended expansion of the cable TV company it inherited in its recent merger with cable provider Ameritech Corp. ________________________ SBC, Concentric Strike Deal For DSL** Nov 12--SBC Communications has agreed to buy at least 25,000 Digital Subscriber Lines from Concentric Network to extend the Bell's high-speed data reach outside its home turf in the Midwest and Southwest. "SBC is positioned to go beyond its traditional 13-state territory and meet the broadband needs of business customers located throughout the nation," Concentric Chief Executive Henry Nothhaft said in the announcement Monday. SBC plans to offer service under its own brand to businesses that want to increase their bandwidth or connect among offices or with customers or vendors. The deal complements SBC's $6 billion Project Pronto, under which the carrier promises to make Digital Subscriber Lines (DSL) available to about 80 percent of the customers in its region, which comprises the area from the Great Lakes to Texas, plus California and Nevada.

To: MikeM54321 who wrote (5827)	10/5/2000 10:50:07 AM
From: MikeM54321	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 12823

Re: SBC Project Pronto - Lucent $1 Billion Contract Thread- If you review message #5827 above, you'll see that Lucent was named one of six primary vendors for Project Pronto. Funny how I find very few references by either the vendors or SBC themselves, calling these substantial contracts, "Project Pronto," related. I guess they gave up on the title because some believe it's a misnomer. IMO, I'm not surprised it didn't rollout as smooth as projected. I'm still doubling every estimate I hear. -MikeM(From Florida) ************************** Lucent Wins $1 Billion SBC Contract** SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - SBC Communications Inc. (NYSE:SBC - news), the No. 2 U.S. local phone company, said on Thursday that Lucent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:LU - news) had won a contract, valued at more than $1 billion, to be SBC's main equipment supplier for its national network expansion. The company said in a statement that Lucent, the world's biggest telecommunications equipment maker, would be the primary supplier of data, voice and access infrastructure technology for its the expansion. The five-year deal is expected to be valued at more than $1 billion, the companies said in a joint statement. The contract covers SBC's nationwide entry into 30 markets. When it completes the expansion, SBC will offer service in markets that reach 180 million people.