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To: Scrapps who wrote (8300)	3/29/2000 11:39:00 AM
From: Perry P.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9236

Rhythms NetConnections Installs DSL Shared Line in GTE Region Wednesday, March 29, 2000 Rhythms NetConnections Inc. (Nasdaq: RTHM) today announced that it has installed a digital subscriber line (DSL)-based, high-speed Internet access connection over a Los Angeles customer's existing voice line by line sharing with GTE. 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. 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, GTE. By initiating this test, Rhythms has successfully demonstrated the operational and technical capabilities to line share with GTE throughout their nationwide deployment area. "With this GTE installation in Los Angeles, Rhythms has successfully tested DSL shared lines with U S WEST, Bell Atlantic and SBC, leaving BellSouth as the remaining national regional bell operating company and Sprint as the remaining major, independent ILEC with whom Rhythms plans to conduct tests," said Eric Geis, vice president of national deployment and regulatory affairs at Rhythms. "These tests move us closer to fulfilling our commitment to a rapid, nationwide deployment of line sharing." In November 1999, the Federal Communications Commission 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. Rhythms provides DSL-based, broadband communication services to businesses and consumers. The company's services include high-speed 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. Perry P.