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To: Charles R who wrote (6489)	2/24/2000 8:05:00 PM
From: kormac	Respond to of 12823

Regarding SBC Pronto program: Internet access: Ameritech in race with Road Runner Ameritech is taking aim at Time Warner again. The phone company, which launched its Americast cable television service in Columbus four years ago, announced yesterday that it will begin a high-speed Internet access service in Ohio this year that is expected to compete with Time Warner's Road Runner service. Ameritech will upgrade its telephone network and central switching offices in 71 cities across the state to offer "digital subscriber line' service by year-end. Nearly 1.2 million homes and businesses in Ohio will have access to it by 2001. Unlike Road Runner, which connects to the Internet through a cable modem, the new high-speed Ameritech access will be deployed using the phone company's telephone network. "It is done with very sophisticated electronic equipment in our central offices,' said Ameritech Ohio spokesman David Kandel. He said the new service will be launched once equipment in a central office is upgraded. The technology allows the service to be offered in a 12,000-foot radius, or a little more than two miles, around a central office. Ameritech plans to build additional gateways to further expand the service. A typical phone line can provide Internet access at a speed of up to 56,000 bits of information per second. A DSL line can provide access 30 times faster than a regular phone line. Road Runner's speeds are similar. The DSL service will be available by year-end in many Columbus neighborhoods, as well as portions of Bexley, Canal Winchester, Dublin, Gahanna, Grandview Heights, Grove City, Hilliard, Marble Cliff, New Albany, Reynoldsburg, Upper Arlington, Westerville, Whitehall and Worthington. Ameritech, owned by Texas-based SBC Communications, has begun offering limited DSL availability in the Detroit and Chicago areas, while SBC has DSL in California and Texas. The new service is part of a $6 billion initiative called Project Pronto that will make DSL available to 77 million SBC customers. Kandel said there is no timetable for service availability nor have fees been set for Ohio's service. But SBC has started its service in some areas with a promotional price of $39.95 per line per month.