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To: Alejandro who wrote (10086)	1/20/1999 11:00:00 AM
From: MangoBoy	Respond to of 12468

looks like Qwest is starting to focus on last-mile. Covad is supplying similar access to NXLK (http://www.nextlink.com/xpage/xpr_corp_010599.htm). COVD is coming public soon. symbol COVD. ---- Qwest Communications Invests In Covad Communications And Announces Strategic Deal For Digital Subscriber Lines COVAD TO USE QWEST NETWORK TO CONNECT LOCAL MARKETS DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 19, 1999-- Qwest Communications International Inc. announced today that it has made its first strategic investment in Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) local networks through an agreement with Covad Communications Group, Inc. By the end of 1999, Qwest plans to have access in 22 key metropolitan markets, including Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York City, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington, D.C. DSL enhances Qwest's ability to provide customers with high-speed, end-to-end connectivity to its nationwide IP-based network and the Internet. Qwest is investing $15 million in cash in Covad. Covad is a packet-based Competitive Local Exchange Carrier that provides DSL communications services to Internet Service Providers and enterprise customers. Covad has signed a multi- million dollar, multi-year agreement to purchase network capacity from Qwest to interconnect its high-speed local networks. ''With the explosive growth of the Internet, including e-commerce and web-hosting, it is critically important that Qwest has direct, unrestricted high-speed broadband access to its customers,'' said Joseph P. Nacchio, Qwest president and CEO. ''The agreement with Covad provides us with a creative, cost- effective local connectivity solution that will allow our customers to maximize the benefits of our high-speed network.''

To: Alejandro who wrote (10086)	1/20/1999 11:34:00 AM
From: SteveG	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12468

<..Guess the proper question is can wireless handle as much as fiber...> No. Fiber will always have a significant bandwidth advantage. The question is, at what point would we need local speeds that fiber can offer. It seems that the Tbps capabilities of fiber will rarely be justified in the local loop. For efficient flow, arterioles are necessarily smaller than the arteries that feed them. Besides, the financially-justified alternative for 95% of the commercial buildings out there is NOT fiber. We are competing against the much lower bandwidth capabilities of the established copper plant through ADSL - a no brainer for the business bandwidth user.