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To: Trey McAtee who wrote (14634)	1/12/1999 4:34:00 PM
From: Triffin	Respond to of 21342

ALA..thanks Trey.. Jim in CT..

To: Trey McAtee who wrote (14634)	1/12/1999 5:30:00 PM
From: Maverick	Respond to of 21342

Southwestern Bell readies ADSL rollout in five states By David Pendery InfoWorld Electric Posted at 1:49 PM PT, Jan 12, 1999 In a continuing quest for telecommunications speed, SBC Communications on Tuesday unveiled plans to offer Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) Internet and data access service in its five-state region beginning this year. The planned launch of ADSL to SBC's Southwestern Bell customers in Texas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Kansas would provide ADSL access to 3.2 million residential customers and 440,000 businesses. It is the second stage of SBC's broader ADSL plan, the telecommunications company said. By the end of 1999, with the addition of its California ADSL customers and the probable addition of customers of SBC's Southern New England Telecom, or SNET, affiliate in Connecticut, SBC intends to have deployed ADSL to 8.2 million residential and 1.3 million business customers, officials said. The current five-state launch has been given the green light by the Federal Communications Commission. SBC is expecting demand for the services to grow, and notes that Dataquest has predicted the number of ADSL subscribers to expand from 50,000 now to five million worldwide by 2002. The "asynchronous" nature of ADSL means that data can move "downstream" from a host or ISP, and "upstream" from a user location. Southwestern Bell is proposing $39 per month ADSL service in which customers will be able to receive downstream connections as fast as 1.5Mbps, and upstream connections of 128Kbps. Although downstream throughput speeds will vary depending on the distance from a Southwestern Bell central office and other factors, connection speeds will be guaranteed at a minimum of 384Kbps, according to the company. Southwestern Bell will also offer a high-end package with downstream connection with speeds as fast as 6Mbps and an upstream connection speed of 384Kbps. Downstream connection speeds will be guaranteed at a minimum of 1.5Mbps. SBC anticipates making an announcement in upcoming weeks regarding ADSL availability, and expects to see deployment move ahead during the first quarter, with possible modifications as required by the FCC, an SBC spokesperson said. Meanwhile, the FCC will rule in early February on Section 706 of the Telecommunications Act, which in part governs interstate data transfer as well as several proposals that were tendered by SBC and other telecommunications and computer companies in December 1998. The proposals included concessions for other telecommunications carriers who want to use Southwestern Bell's network to offer their own broadband services. SBC Communications Inc., in San Antonio, is at (210) 821-4105 or www.sbc