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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (1282)	9/11/1998 9:17:00 AM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Respond to of 3178

[[ T's answer to FON's ION - for businesses, courtesy of Mark Lewin ]] All, Noticeably missing in this mix of competitors below is LVLT... wonder why? Could it be that they don't want to acknowledge them? Also, when you read the term 'future-proof' below, what do they actually mean? In some ways, I musingly read it as: resistant to the future. Furthermore, can someone tell me what is so new about aggregating disparate traffic flows from the customer's location over fat ATM pipes? This is a curious claim, since it has been a strength of ATM from its outset, and at best, it sounds like an act of desperation coming from T. Of course, I could be wrong, as the release doesn't go into great detail. Comments? Regards, Frank Coluccio]] NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- AT&T Corp. is testing a high-speed service that would allow business customers to carry voice and data over a single communications system, the company said Thursday. AT&T (T), based in New York, is experimenting with the service, which involves placing high-tech asynchronous transfer mode switches at the customer's business, said company spokeswoman Kate Rankin. These switches turn different kinds of information into a single stream that can be handled efficiently at high speed. The network plans were reported Thursday in USA Today. Funneling voice and computer communication through a single digital technology would save customers money and help AT&T compete with companies such as Qwest Communications International Inc. (QWST) and IXC Communications Inc. (IIXC), which are building new fiber-optic networks based on digital technology. The test is part of AT&T's plan to "future-proof" its network, Rankin said. Chairman and Chief Executive C. Michael Armstrong said earlier this year that the company would begin such tests this year, she said. She declined to say how many customers are participating in the test, when the system might be commercially available, or how much it might save customers. The network initiative, which had been rumored, has been compared to a similar service, called Ion, that Sprint Corp. (FON) outlined in June.