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To: S. HYDER who wrote (2620)	2/2/1998 8:28:00 AM
From: flickerful	Respond to of 9236

Friday January 30 10:35 AM EST US West Communications In High-Speed Internet Plan DENVER, Jan 29 (Reuters) - U S West Communications Group said it would offer an ultra-fast Internet and data service to residential and business customers in more than 40 cities in its 14-state core region in the six months of 1998. The local phone carrier said its new ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) service offers speeds of up to seven million megabits per second, or 250 times faster than standard computer modem connections to the Internet. The high-speed Internet service was first deployed in late October in Phoenix, still the only city in the United States where Digital Subscriber Line service is broadly available. The service, to be available in phone networks serving 5.5 million customers in more than 40 cities by June, will be offered at an affordable, flat-rate prices starting at $40 a month for home users and $65 a month for business offices. "This is a renaissance of the copper phone network," Joe Zell, president of U S West's networking unit, said, referring to its high-speed Internet connections using the existing copper-wire phone network the company has laid over the years. ADSL connections give customers a constant link to the Internet by eliminating the waiting time required by modems to dial up and connect to the network and thereby provide near- instantaneous retrieval of information from Web sites. U S West said the ADSL system it was installing met industry standards set by top computer companies Microsoft, Intel and Cisco Systems and the six major U.S. local phone carriers. Several Baby Bell phone companies have announced plans to roll out similar high-speed Internet services in their local phone regions during the coming year. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Help ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Previous Story: SAP Shoots Down Rumor That Hopp Will Retire Next Story: Qwest Plans High-speed U.S. Internet System ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [ Index \| News \| World \| Biz \| Tech \| Politic \| Sport \| Scoreboard \| Entertain \| Health ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Copyright c 1997 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters. Reuters shall not be liable for any errors or delays in the content, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon Questions or Comments

To: S. HYDER who wrote (2620)	2/2/1998 9:23:00 AM
From: SteveG	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9236

<..Could Compaq be interested in Aware?..> I think they'll have their hands full with DEC. But even without DEC, I don't see that particular fit. Steve