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To: Chemsync who wrote (28410)	11/6/1997 12:09:00 PM
From: pat mudge	Respond to of 31386

[Telco Turf Wars] Steve -- I'm quite sure USWest is using PairGain. When their announcement came out I checked the speeds against the earlier announcement from last winter and Ascend's were for their IDSL which are different from PAIR's HDSL. If you don't subscribe to InterNet Week, you might want to check it out. Here's a clip from yesterday's on telco turf wars. I know we'd all hate to say, "I told you so," but, hey, we've been saying for over a year that nothing would stop competition once the telcos saw a market for highspeed bandwidth. Katy, bar the door!! Cheers! Pat <<<Big Telcos Start Turf Wars Five of the nation's six largest telephone companies are about to begin chipping away at one another's local markets. They are seeking--and winning--regulatory approval to offer voice and data services in states outside of their normal operating areas and, in some cases, have already begun to sign up local business and residential customers. The budding competition among competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs) is exactly what "the Telecom Act had in mind" when it was drafted, said Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Va.), one of the architects of the legislation. "I'm pleased to see that the large local carriers are beginning to compete in one anothers' markets. It's encouraging news." Among the recent developments: Ameritech Corp. has been approved as a CLEC in seven states and is awaiting approval in two more; BellSouth Corp. is seeking approval to become a CLEC in five states and plans to file for approval in two additional states; GTE Corp. has received approval to provide CLEC services in nine states; SBC Communications Inc. has won approval to operate as a CLEC in two states; U S West Interprise has been approved to provide CLEC services in 27 states, including all nine states in the U S West operating territory, and has filed for approval in all of the remaining states except Alaska. Bell Atlantic/Nynex is the only major telephone company not to have filed for CLEC status. The state filings and approvals appear to end the quiet period in the local exchange market that followed the passage of the Telecommunications Act more than 18 months ago. Critics have been complaining recently that the telecom legislation hasn't produced any meaningful competition since it went into effect. While backing the recent competitive moves, Rep. Boucher qualified his support by pointing out that the ultimate aim of the legislation was to get carriers to install their own facilities in one anothers' markets, not resell services from the incumbent carriers, as GTE and the four Bell companies would be doing. "The entire reason for resale is to make facilities-based competition easier to get to," he said. Analysts said the CLEC filings could heat up the competition for local telephone customers, which has been a low-intensity conflict to date. "The baby Bells might not be the sleeping giants we assumed. They seem to be wide awake and working behind the scenes" to break into other markets, said Jeffrey Kagan, president of Kagan Telecom Associates, an Atlanta- based telecommunications consultancy. By Mark Rockwell techweb.cmp.com --------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>

To: Chemsync who wrote (28410)	11/6/1997 2:14:00 PM
From: Andreas Helke	Respond to of 31386

[USWest DSL services] Originally US West planned to use Ascend for IDSL service and PairGain for SDSL. Then they scrapped the IDSL plans and just offers its SDSL equipment configured for different data rates depending on the price the subsriber is willing to pay. Unfortunately I don't know what USWests ADSL plans currently are. Andreas

To: Chemsync who wrote (28410)	11/7/1997 9:52:00 PM
From: pat mudge	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 31386

[BCTEL announcement:] BCTEL announces it's developing a new ADSL web site. bctel.net <<< In March of 1997 (see news release), BC TEL Advanced Communications announced that it had completed the joint development of the first Internet Exchange Network Access Point (NAP) in all of Canada. This month we revisit the NAP project in "Tech Talk" - the latest in an on-going series of articles written for those of you with a more technical interest in our company's activities. In response to the continuing interest in the much anticipated launch of ADSL services, we are currently developing an ADSL Link Page. This page will provide links to all of the ISPs that have partnered with BC TEL to deliver this revolutionary new service, as well as links to AMATI, the FAQ, news releases, and more. Check back soon!>>> Background on Canada's backbone: bctel.net