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To: SteveG who wrote (8185)	12/9/1997 2:46:00 PM
From: SteveG	Respond to of 21342

Follow-up Offered initially as a rollout from the Ann Arbor (and the Wheaton, Ill) tests, expansion is planned. They will use the Alcatel 1000 external and require Win95. It will be prebundled with a special MS Internet Explorer (which has high-bandwidth bookmarks preset). The cost will be $250 installed, but for a time they are waving the $100 for the ATMS-25 NIC card making it a $150 cost. Then $50/month which includes connection to Ameritech.net as your ISP. No splitter as it requires the hook-up of a seperate dedicated phone line which will NOT be used for POTS. It will go through a SEPARATE network at the CO. You will NOT be eligible for the service IF your phone lines are farther than 7700 air feet or 10K linear (cable) ft. You will ALSO not be eligible, even IF within the required distance, if there is are digital lines (a DLC) connecting to your CO. Takes about 3 weeks to get hooked up. $150 includes everything (equipment/installation) to get you up . Steve

To: SteveG who wrote (8185)	12/9/1997 3:02:00 PM
From: SteveG	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 21342

<A> Ameritech Internet Svc -2: Initially Offered In Michigan CHICAGO (Dow Jones)--Ameritech Corp. (AIT) launched a high-speed Internet access service, Ameritech.net. In a press release Tuesday, Ameritech also said it signed a packaging agreement with Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) The companies will work with hardware manufacturers to make personal computers and equipment asymmetric digital subscriber line, or ADSL, compatible. Ameritech also will package Ameritech.net with Microsoft Internet Explorer and with software designed to simplify ADSL installation. The service will let users download materials from the Internet as fast as 1.5 megabits per second and send materials as fast as 128 kilobits per second, the company said. Ameritech initially is offering the service in Ann Arbor, Mich. Ameritech.net service will be $59.95 a month, plus a one-time $150 installation charge. Through 1998, Ameritech is offering memberships for $49.95 a month and waiving the $199 cost of the modem. "Dow Jones News Service" "Copyright(c) 1997, Dow Jones & Company, Inc."