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To: Paul Haynie who wrote (4826)	3/12/1998 11:14:00 AM
From: VanGo101	Respond to of 5812

Paul...Good to hear from a good Georgia Tech man! Here is another article about UltimateCom that appeared in the Atlanta Constitution. It said they would be using a mid-town Nations Bank tower, which I believe to be about one block above the Varsity at the corner of North Ave. and Spring Street. Does BellSouth own this tower at Nations Bank? ******************************************************************** Denver company plans to offer wireless, high-speed data service By Michael E. Kanell, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Faster, cheaper and through the air. That's the idea behind the plans of UltimateCom of Atlanta, a subsidiary of a small, Denver-based company, which Tuesday claimed to be the first in Atlanta providing wireless high-speed data connections. Transmitting from an antenna mounted on the NationsBank tower in Midtown, the company can transmit information at speeds of more than 10 MB per second, said founder and Chief Executive Officer John Taylor. The transmission rate is about 175 times faster than the fastest consumer modem on the market today. Moreover, it's faster than most of the high-speed lines used by businesses now: It's almost 80 times as fast as an ISDN line and nearly seven times faster than a T-1 line. UltimateCom will market to small- and medium sized businesses, Taylor said. "Wireless is faster and can be installed quicker. And we think it will cost the customer about 20 percent less than alternate land-line solutions." While the technology can be used for sending and receiving information, it may be cheaper to use wireless for only half of the transmitting. Customers probably will use the wireless approach for the part of Internet connection that takes the most time -- downloading large amounts of information and graphics. The company has legal authority to transmit within a 35-mile radius. Within that circle are about 100,000 companies -- few of them the behemoths who command customized solutions from data specialists, Taylor said. System tests include trials at the Georgia Center for Advanced Telecommunications, Taylor said. The company has about a dozen employees in Atlanta but plans to double its size here shortly, Taylor said. ****************************************************************** <off topic> Paul...When I was a student at Georgia Tech, I worked part time at the Georgia Tech Experiment Station. Are you working there, now, by chance? VanGo101...Van