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To: Roger Hess who wrote (1514)	6/16/1998 8:57:00 AM
From: TideGlider	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6846

MCLEAN, VIRGINIA, U.S.A., 1998 JUN 15 (NB) -- By Grant Buckler, Newsbytes. A deal with Denver-based Qwest Communications International Inc. [NASDAQ:QWST] will help CAIS Internet, a CGX Communications subsidiary, roll out its OverVoice high-speed Internet access service to hotels and apartment buildings in more US cities. The 10-year, $100 million agreement provides for Qwest to provide leased and routed Internet Protocol (IP) bandwidth on its 18,449-mile domestic fiber network, which is due to be complete in the second quarter of 1999. This will expand CAIS's nationwide network from five cities to about 130 One of the original first-tier Internet service providers (ISPs), CAIS has built its business on providing Internet backbone capacity to retail ISPs, though it also has some retail customers of its own, a spokesman for the company told Newsbytes. A year ago, CAIS introduced OverVoice, which allows for Ethernet networking over the twisted-pair phone wiring installed in hotels and apartment buildings. Installing OverVoice in a building requires replacing the wall jacks with special jacks that have separate connectors for voice and data, and installing devices in the telephone wiring closets that allow conventional Ethernet hubs to be connected to the existing wiring. A high-speed connection such as a T1 line is installed to carry data traffic from the building to an Internet service provider, the spokesman said. The result is Internet access at 10 megabits per second -- the same speed as a standard Ethernet network and close to 20 times as fast as a 56 kilobits-per-second modem. In March, CGX, Microsoft Corp., and Atcom/Info Inc. announced trials of Microsoft's Iport high-speed Internet access system, based on its BackOffice software line, using OverVoice technology in several hotels. In May, OnePoint Communications of Chicago agreed to use OverVoice to provide high-speed Internet access at some of the properties where OnePoint provides bundled communications services. Reported By Newsbytes News Network: newsbytes.com