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Technology Stocks : Rhythms NetConnections Inc. (RTHM) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Mesaba who wrote (278)	3/8/2000 5:36:00 PM
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Rhythms Installs DSL Shared Line in Bell Atlantic Region; NYC Installation Completes Second Test Necessary Toward Nationwide Coverage ENGLEWOOD, Colo., March 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Rhythms NetConnections Inc. (Nasdaq: RTHM) today announced that it successfully installed a digital subscriber line (DSL)-based, high-speed Internet access connection over a New York City customer's existing voice line by line sharing with Bell Atlantic. Line sharing is a process in which a customer can receive both voice and data services, from the same or different providers, over the same telephone line. By completing this test, Rhythms has demonstrated the operational and technical capabilities to line share with Bell Atlantic across its 14-state region. DSL subscribers using line sharing will receive high-speed "always on" Internet access from Rhythms, a North American provider of broadband communication services, and voice services from their incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC), in this case, Bell Atlantic. To date, Rhythms has completed line-sharing installations with US WEST and Bell Atlantic, leaving BellSouth and SBC Communications Inc. as the remaining national ILECs with whom Rhythms plans to conduct tests. In November 1999, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ordered that ILECs allow Rhythms and other competitive providers to offer DSL-based data services on the same telephone lines that already carry customers' voice services by June 2000. This ruling gives customers the ability to order DSL services without losing their voice carrier or having to install a second line. "By taking an aggressive stance on line sharing, New York State continues to prove itself to be a leader in promoting competition in the broadband marketplace," said Jeffrey Blumenfeld, Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel for Rhythms. "What we're doing in New York City can be applied across the entire Bell Atlantic region, helping us to fulfill our commitment to a rapid, nationwide deployment of line sharing." Rhythms provides DSL-based, broadband communication services to businesses and consumers. The company's services include high-speed, "always on" connections to the Internet and private networks at speeds ranging from 144 kbps to 7.1 Mbps (approximately 125 times the speed of today's fastest dial-up modem). Rhythms' customers include Internet service providers (ISPs), telecommunications carriers and broadband communication services resellers. Rhythms plans to provide service in 70 markets, covering more than 100 metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) by the end of 2000. About Rhythms Rhythms NetConnections Inc. (Nasdaq: RTHM) is a North American provider of DSL-based, broadband communication services to businesses and consumers. Based in Englewood, Colo., Rhythms currently serves 42 markets, covering 73 MSAs. Telecommunications services for Rhythms are provided by Rhythms Links Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Rhythms. For more information, call 1-800-RHYTHMS (1-800-749-8467), or visit the company's Web site at www.rhythms.com. This news release may contain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially because of various risks. These risks include risks associated with the demand and competition for the services and products to be sold by Rhythms, the continued availability of adequate financing to support our activities, the timing of rollouts in additional regions, the number of potential customers who could access such services, and our dependence on third parties for services such as providing collocation and transmission facilities, providing marketing and sales efforts, and supplying and installing equipment. For an expanded discussion on these and additional risks associated with Rhythms' business, please see the documents filed by Rhythms NetConnections Inc. with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. SOURCE Rhythms NetConnections Inc. -0- 03/08/2000 /CONTACT: Corinne Mahoney of Rhythms Public Relations, 303-876-5052, cmahoney@rhythms.net; or Eric Hoffman of Edelman Public Relations, 202-326-1724, eric_hoffman@dc.edelman.com, for Rhythms NetConnections Inc./ /Web site: rhythms.net (RTHM) CO: Rhythms NetConnections Inc.; Bell Atlantic ST: Colorado, Georgia, New York IN: TLS SU: * end of story *