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To: Tulvio Durand who wrote (545)	11/22/1999 11:13:00 AM
From: pat mudge	Respond to of 3951

Industry news of general interest. You have to love it when a next-gen carrier puts pressure on the incumbents. November 22, 1999 10:40 Qwest Announces Plans For Fiber-Based Internet Services DENVER, COLORADO, U.S.A., 1999 NOV 22 (NB) -- By Sylvia Dennis, Newsbytes. Qwest Communications [NASDAQ:QWST] has today announced plans to offer next generation Internet services faster, cheaper, and on a coast-to-coast basis across the US. The move parallels plans recently announced by SBC Communications for Project Pronto, a multi-billion dollar project spanning three years which aims to roll out digital subscriber line (DSL) services to 80 percent of SBC's customers in its coverage areas. Qwest, which is currently progressing its merger with US West, however, is planning to offer the benefits of its coast-to-coast all- fiber network to all its customers, although digital subscribers will obviously benefit more than most. The carrier says that its new optical technology will reduce operating costs up to 70 percent, as well as decreasing the number of network regeneration points by as much as 90 percent. Interestingly, Qwest says that the move will reduce backbone provisioning cycles as much as 95 percent, enabling activation of new services for customers in a matter of hours instead of months. In addition, the firm says its network capacity will go through the roof, thanks to a move to single-to-many point broadcasting. Plans call for Qwest's brave new world of fiber optic network benefits to be rolled out in the first half of 2000, and to involve an expansion of its existing 18,500 mile fiber optic network. For the technically-minded, the new extended fiber optic network will move data at speeds of up to 9.6 gigabits per second (Gbps) (OC-192 speeds) on a coast-to-coast basis. This is four times faster than any competing IP (Internet Protocol) network, the company says. Joseph Nacchio. Qwest's chairman, said that the company's customers will have access to unmatched network performance, as well as high bandwidth on-demand services. Plans call for Qwest to deploy its 9.6 Gbps data transmission service to its Web hosting centers, which the firm calls CyberCenters, as well as enhancing its Internet backbone in the early part of next year. Qwest says that its network could simultaneously carry the traffic generated by 300,000 broadcast channels - more than 100 times the number of channels available worldwide today - and still have capacity to spare. Qwest's Web site is at qwest.com . Reported by Newsbytes.com, newsbytes.com . 09:30 CST