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To: Stephen B. Temple who wrote (2000)	11/25/1998 10:41:00 AM
From: STK1	Respond to of 3178

Stephen Does this mean that anyone in the lata5 area that is within 3 miles of any gte co would then route to FNET and then come into the net.Any co in gte's area could be dsl ready and put it into the backbone for fnet to subscribe it.the isps signed look like a lot but its not that many is it,when you consider the size of the area of lata5,I wonder what the initial area has to do with the available area? Thanks

To: Stephen B. Temple who wrote (2000)	12/2/1998 6:35:00 AM
From: Stephen B. Temple	Respond to of 3178

Alaska Consortium to Launch Affordable, Dedicated High-Speed Internet Access Over Existing Telephone Lines December 2, 1998 ANCHORAGE, Alaska--(BUSINESS WIRE) Four telecommunications innovators have formed a consortium to bring affordable, broadband internet access to business and residential customers in Alaska. ATU, ATU Long Distance, Internet Alaska and Alaska Fiber Star have begun technical trials of the new service known as ADSL (Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line), which offers digital bandwidth to the Internet with speeds that range from 64 kbps to 6 Mbps, making simultaneous voice and high-speed data communications possible over a single line. The consortium expects to roll out its new ADSL service in the second quarter of 1999, coinciding with the completion of World Net's fiber optic cable project linking Alaska to the Lower 48 and the rest of the world. "ADSL will deliver rich, multi-media content at lightning speeds to academic environments, businesses and families who rely on the Internet to conduct daily business and communications," said Michael Jalone, president of Internet Alaska. "This service will bring the world of global electronic commerce and new era technologies to the desktops of businesses and homes in Alaska. This is a perfect illustration of how the vastly increased bandwidth we have been constructing will be applied to better serve Alaskans," said Jim Miner, vice president of Alaska Fiber Star, the Alaska subsidiary of World Net Communications. "We will provide a very attractive alternative to GCI's cable modem access (Nasdaq:GNCMA) -- where customers share each other's cable with inherent security problems for unsuspecting users," said Mark Foster, president, ATU Long Distance. The consumer service will be asymmetrical with per-user bandwidth that ranges from 64 kbps to 640 kbps upstream and from 64 kbps to 6 Mbps downstream. Pricing for the new service is expected to be substantially lower than local cable modem access and will provide superior value on a cost-per-kbps basis as well as ease of use and installation. ATU Telecommunications is Alaska's largest local telephone company. ATU Long Distance, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of ATU Telecommunications. Internet Alaska is Alaska's largest Internet service provider, serving over 30,000 business and residential customers. Alaska Fiber Star is the state's largest fiber optic operator with an extensive network along the Railbelt and Prince William Sound and will connect to a World Net fiber optic cable under construction to the Lower 48 with a spur to Juneau, the state's capital. CONTACT: ATU Long Distance \| Mark Foster, 907/276-5303 [Copyright 1998, Business Wire]