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Technology Stocks : ADSL IS DEAD -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: zbyslaw owczarczyk who wrote (64)	2/1/2001 7:26:41 PM
From: zbyslaw owczarczyk	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 135

During the quarter, Sprint continued to expand its broadband capabilities to new markets. By the end of 2000, Sprint had installed DSL equipment in more than 950 central offices in 31 markets. By the end of 2001, DSL will be in more than 2000 central offices in 86 markets, which will enable the company to reach 18 million households and 3 million business locations across the country. biz.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------- Verizon added 190,000 DSL lines in the fourth quarter, 46 percent more than in the third quarter. The 540,000 lines in service at the end of the year represent an increase of more than 500 percent over the number in service at the end of 1999. * Verizon Online, the company's Internet service provider, ended the year with approximately 847,000 subscribers, a 21 percent increase since the end of 1999. * Verizon equipped approximately 500 central offices for DSL in 2000 and ended the year with approximately 1,850 equipped offices, 30 percent more than a year ago. An average of 60 percent of the access lines in those offices qualify for DSL, making the service available to 45 percent of Verizon's access lines and households, nearly 29 million and 14 million respectively. biz.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------