Something occurred to me Curly : BA must trigger other telcos deployment or at least announcement of deployment plans and appropriate(big) volumes or they will be looked at negatively in their own sector. Perhaps their getting off their collective asses ?
Found from Aware thread but curiously not in Yahoo news, but not a fake 'cause its linked to yahoo:
biz.yahoo.com
Wednesday April 14, 3:06 pm Eastern Time
Company Press Release
SBC Expands Massive ADSL
Deployment to Southwest Region
SBC's Southwestern Bell Begins Regional Roll-Out
Of High-Speed Internet and Data Service with
Launch in Major Texas Markets
SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 14, 1999-- Southwestern Bell Forms Network
Integration Division,
Opening Data Communications Center to Further Enhance Data Services
As part of its industry-leading effort to satisfy customers' need for bandwidth and faster Internet
access, SBC Communications Inc. has announced the availability of high-speed Asymmetrical
Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) service in the Texas cities of Houston, Dallas and Austin.
The Texas ADSL deployments - the first in SBC's Southwestern Bell territory - are part of SBC's
overall plan to bring the technology to 8.2 million consumers and 1.3 million businesses by the end
of 1999. ADSL, which provides consumers with a dedicated high-speed connection from their
computer to SBC's network in order to access the Internet or corporate networks at speeds up to
200 times faster than conventional analog modems, was introduced in California in 1998 through
SBC's Pacific Bell affiliate.
''In mid January, SBC announced the nation's largest deployment of ADSL to meet exploding
demand for high-speed Internet access and data transfer, and our quick roll-out in Texas is a prime
example of this commitment,'' said Mike Turner, executive vice president-corporate planning and
capital management, SBC. ''ADSL is an ideal broadband solution for Internet enthusiasts,
work-at-home professionals and small businesses, and it is an important addition to SBC's full range
of data services for consumers and businesses of all sizes.''
To further enhance Southwestern Bell's capabilities as a full-service data and networking provider,
the company also officially announced the formation of Southwestern Bell Network Integration
(SBNI). Headquartered in Dallas, SBNI is the number one data networking provider in
Southwestern Bell's five states, streamlining the company's existing networking capabilities into one
organization.
SBNI employees support Southwestern Bell's sales force as consultants and technical specialists in
areas such as design, ordering, fulfillment and project implementation.
Southwestern Bell also is establishing a Data Communications Center in Austin, Texas, to provide
technical support for ADSL and other data services across the five-state Southwestern Bell region.
SBC will deploy ADSL equipment in 526 central offices by the end of the year. In Southwestern
Bell territory - Texas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Kansas and Arkansas - the service will be available to
3.2 million residential customers and 440,000 businesses through 271 central offices. In California,
Pacific Bell now offers ADSL service through 123 wire centers, up from 90 in January. By the end
of the year, Pacific Bell will offer ADSL to 5 million residential and 900,000 business customers
through 255 wire centers.
ADSL trials are underway in Connecticut under SBC's Southern New England Telecommunications
affiliate, and plans are underway to deploy the service later this year in the company's Nevada Bell
territory.
SBC's standard ADSL service uses regular phone lines to provide speed options which start at a
minimum connection speed of 384 Kbps downstream (to the home or remote location) which can in
many cases reach up to 1.5 megabits per second - 50 times faster than today's common 28.8
kilobits per second (Kbps) analog modems - and upstream connection speeds of 128 kilobits per
second. (Downstream throughput speeds will vary depending on the customer's distance from the
central office and other factors, but the downstream connection speed will be at a minimum of 384
Kbps.)
ADSL connections are available for as low as $39 per month. Equipment and installation is
available from SBC companies for a one-time charge as low as $198.
SBC also offers a premium package with a minimum downstream connection speed of 1.5 megabits
per second which can reach up to 6 Mbps, and upstream connections of 384 Kbps.
To receive service, customers must be located within 17,500 feet, or about 3.3 miles, of an
ADSL-equipped central office and their lines must meet certain criteria.
SBC's ADSL deployment is an important step forward in its commitment to offer a full portfolio of
data products and services to meet customers' evolving data needs. As recently reported, SBC's
data business has grown approximately 33 percent a year, and the company is continuing to execute
its plan to develop new data products and offer a high-speed, high-capacity network for next
generation data traffic.
SWBT and PB are companies of SBC Communications Inc., a global leader in the
telecommunications industry, with more than 36.9 million access lines and 6.9 million wireless
customers across the United States, as well as investments in telecommunications businesses in 11
countries. Under the Southwestern Bell, Pacific Bell, SNET, Nevada Bell and Cellular One brands,
SBC, through its subsidiaries, offers a wide range of innovative services. SBC offers local and
long-distance telephone service, wireless communications, data communications, paging, Internet
access, and messaging, as well as telecommunications equipment, and directory advertising and
publishing. SBC has approximately 129,000 employees and its annual revenues rank it in the top 50
among Fortune 500 companies.
Contact:
SBC Communications, San Antonio
Jason Hillery, 314/982-9160
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