A Bell Atlantic reply to an IP posting -- Re: GERMANY ANTICIPATES END OF TELECOM

[David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>]

Date: Fri, 24 Jun 1994 08:26:54 +0000 (GMT)
From: Eric Rabe <rabe () ba com>
Subject: Re: GERMANY ANTICIPATES END OF TELECOM MONOPOLY (fwd)




Please post the reply below to interesting people...


Eric
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To set the record straight...


The deployment David refers to is our initial foray into
broadband network building on a large scale.  In this particular filing with
the FCC wed describe a plan to provide service to three million homes
within three years in six major metropolitan areas.  Of course, there
will be other filings for other areas within the next three years as well.


We plan to offer the first interactive video services in 1996.  However,
as is well known, few of those services have actually been developed yet,
so even though we expect to have the capacity to make two-way broadband
connections for customers, it's not yet clear how soon others will offer
services to use the technology.


PCS is entirely unrelated, however, we do see PCS as a positive
and important new communications tool.


Eric Rabe                Voice: (703) 974-3036  Fax: (703) 974-0591
Bell Atlantic                           |   Internet:   rabe () ba com
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Mon, 20 Jun 1994 02:19:43 -0400
> From: David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>
> To: interesting-people mailing list <interesting-people () eff org>
> Subject: BELL ATLANTIC SLOWDOWN
>
>
> BELL ATLANTIC SLOWDOWN ON SUPERHIGHWAY, SPEEDUP ON SUPERSIDEWALK
>         Bell Atlantic's initial venture onto the information superhighway
> will for the most part concentrate on garden-variety cable TV, rather than
> glitzy interactive services. The company will roll out video services in
> six major markets, but only one half of one market in the Washington, DC
> area will have immediate access to movies-on-demand and home shopping.
> (Wall Street Journal 6/17/94 B10).  Meanwhile, Bell Atlantic will begin
> testing its "information supersidewalk" service called "PCS Now."  "Our
> goal is to put wireless offerings into the hands of more than 35% of the
> population by 2004," says the president of Bell Atlantic Mobile.
> (Investor's Business Daily 6/17/94 A5)