Internet Cable Corporation Announces Trial with Intel for First PC-Based Video Phone Designed Specifically for Cable Connections
December 4, 1998
CHARLESTON, S.C., Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/Internet Cable
Corporation's (OTC Bulletin Board: ICBL)
high-speed duplex cable modem service in
the Wild Dunes suburb of Charleston, South
Carolina, will become a showcase for Intel
Corp.'s (Nasdaq: INTC) Intel(R) Video Phone
software designed specifically for cable
modems and high-speed cable Internet
connections.
In addition, Intel will be working with several
vendors in the CableNET '98 area at the
Western Cable TV Show in Anaheim, CA to
showcase the momentum of the International
Telecommunication Union (ITU) H.323
communications specification, which ensures
products from different vendors talk with one
another.
"Intel Video Phone technology is an ideal use
of the high-speed cable connection in the
home or small office," said Ali Sarabi, director
of Broadband and IP Telephony Lab in the
Intel Architecture Lab.
"The increased bandwidth of the cable
connection brings a new use to the PC: a
world with richer communications, with
full-motion, real-time video and audio to help
keep consumers close to friends and family or
business associates."
Later this month, Intel plans to begin trials of
its broadband enhanced PC-based Video
Phone with Internet Cable Corporation over
US Cable Coastal Properties' high-speed
cable Internet connections in the Wild Dunes
suburb of Charleston, S.C.
Tim Karnes, president of Internet Cable
Corporation, commented, "These trials of an
actual broadband product in a high-speed full
duplex broadband system are truly a
value-added service to our current and
future customers. What better product could
there be than one which allows local or long-
distance communication with full, real-world
sight and sound. Many cable modem systems
are not bi-directional and use a telco return.
Our duplex system presents the proper and
adequate environment for actual broadband
products to be correctly showcased."
US Cable Coastal Properties is an affiliate of
the privately held US Cable Group, of
Montvale, NJ, which operates cable systems
in South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Texas and
New Mexico. US Cable Group's
telecommunications offerings include US
Telecom, a telephone service provider that
supplies convention centers, and USFI
Network Services, Inc., a global provider of
telecommunications services and networks to
government markets. US Cable Coastal
Properties has in excess of 47,000
subscribers.
Internet Cable Corporation announced earlier
in July the expansion of its rollout of
CableWave(TM), in partnership with US Cable
Coastal Properties, to larger residential and
commercial markets in both South Carolina
and Georgia. CableWave(TM) is Internet
Cable Corporation's high-speed Internet
access by cable modem service, currently
available to US Cable's subscribers in the
Wild Dunes suburb of Charleston, South
Carolina.
Internet Cable Corporation, headquartered in
Charleston, South Carolina, is in the business
of administering high-speed Internet access
for cable TV companies on a revenue sharing
basis. The use of cable modems for Internet
access provides customers the ability to
download and upload multi-media at speeds
hundreds of times faster than those of
typical telephone modems. More information
is available at Internet Cable Corporation's
web site at: http//www.cablewave.net .
Intel, the world's largest chip maker, is also a
leading manufacturer of computer,
networking and communications products.
Additional information about Intel is available
at www.intel.com/pressroom .
Other companies which offer Internet access
(Internet Service Providers) are AT &T
Corporation, @Home Corporation, WorldCom,
Inc., EarthLink Network, Inc., Mindspring
Enterprises, Inc., America Online, Inc., Online
System Services, PSINet, Inc., Rocky
Mountain Internet and the Time Warner, Inc.
unit MediaOne Group, Inc.
Note: Third party marks and brands are
property of their respective holders.
SOURCE Internet Cable Corporation
/CONTACT: Mark Gould, VP, Corporate
Affairs, Internet Cable Corporation,
727-538-0000, or fax, 727-446-4737; or
Tami Casey, 408-765-8203, or e-mail,
tami.casey@intel.com, or Adam Grossberg,
408-765-1669, or e-mail,
adam.grossberg@intel.com, both of Intel
Corp./ /Web site:
cablewave.net (ICBL INTC)
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