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To: AJ Berger who wrote (150)	11/12/1999 12:31:00 PM
From: allen v.w.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 553

BellSouth Hits 30-City Target For ADSL Rollout ATLANTA, GEORGIA, U.S.A., 1999 NOV 11 (Newsbytes) -- By Steven Bonisteel, Newsbytes. BellSouth Corp. [NYSE:BLS] today announced it has reached a goal of rolling out its FastAccess-branded high-speed Internet service in 30 cities across the US Southeast. The asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL) service will be available to as many as 7 million telephone lines that meet the technical requirements in the target markets, and BellSouth says it has plans to make a total of 11.5 million lines ADSL-ready by the end of 2000. BellSouth spokesman Rich Jeffers told Newsbytes that work to expand FastAccess availability in 2000 will focus on the 30 cities already being served, raising ADSL coverage from about 50 percent of all lines in those markets to nearly two-thirds. That penetration would represent about half of all lines in BellSouth's nine-state coverage area, he said. Bob Cunha, vice president of broadband services for BellSouth, said, "This is the first step in our goal of bringing FastAccess DSL service to every residential and small business customer in the Southeast." BellSouth's FastAccess offers subscribers Internet access with incoming speeds of up to 1.5 megabits per second and an outbound data rate of 256 kilobits per second. The service costs $59.95 a month, but BellSouth customers who already pay for the company's Complete Choice telephone features package can subscribe for $50 a month. As a special promotion, BellSouth is waiving a $199.95 installation fee and a $99.95 service activation fee for customers who sign up by the end of the year and shell out $100 for their ADSL modems. When BellSouth first announced ADSL plans at the beginning of 1999, it was touting a partnership with 3Com Corp. [NASDAQ:COMS] and a pledge to service 30 cities by the end of the second quarter. But after a change of plans, FastAccess is now being served up via France-based Alcatel's [NYSE:ALA] digital subscriber line access multiplexer (DSLAM), and customers are being sold Alcatel ADSL modems. By May, seven of the 30 markets targeted for ADSL had seen the service introduced. FastAccess customers will be wired into the company's BellSouth.net Internet access service, which already has some 650,000 dial-up customers. BellSouth says some residential customers may have to have older connections to the telephone network upgraded to use the ADSL service, but that the fix is provided by BellSouth installers at no charge. Potential customers can find a list of the 30 Southeastern cities in which the service is available and confirm the suitability of their own phone lines by visiting the BellSouth FastAccess Website, which can be found at: fastaccess.com .

To: AJ Berger who wrote (150)	11/14/1999 8:09:00 PM
From: Larry S.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 553

Al, i have one strict discipline: I absolutely avoid the Yahoo chat boards. A waste of time would be a compliment. I feel the SI boards frequently have a lot to offer, but you frequently have to filter through the WOWS and BETTER GET IN NOWS. I did some research into ONT, mainly their homepage and presentation of what full page broadbanding can do. Yes, this is a highly speculative stock based on earnings, revenue, yetta yetta, but i remember seeing the Victoria Secret broadband show and strained to see the models. I logged onto Woodstock 99, and once i enlarged the box, was disatisfied with the quality of the movie. I think broadband uses: movies, conferences, promotions, etc, is going to be a HUGER area in the very near future. ONT seems to have excellent technology in this area. A high quality crapshoot. If ONT takes off, we could see 30-40 in a hurry. IF not, then will languish in the 8-13 range. Appreciate your input on this thread so far. I will try and contribute as we go along. I always keep one eye on technical charting, so here is a picture of ONT so far: iqc.com larry