Unfettered but in touch, phone users go all-wireless

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Exclusive wireless telephone usage is gaining popularity among customers, who are drawn to inexpensive PCS rates in around 40 domestic markets. Recent federal regulations allow as many as nine wireless competitors to enter a major market. Previous federal laws limited a market to two providers, usually a Bell monopoly and a cellular firm. Digital phones also attract customers for their convenience, features and technology. PCS carriers have not yet made significant inroads into the local phone business. Wired service represents a $94 billion annual market and generally offers superior reliability at a lower cost. On the other hand, PCS could lose customers quickly if companies drop their special promotions, or if the services surge in popularity, resulting in over-crowded networks..

Radiotelephone communications, Usage, Wireless network, Wireless LANs, Technology development, Wireless communications services, Wireless communication systems, Personal communications services

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U S West is set to offer TV programming and Internet access over phone lines

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U S West Communications is expected to announce that it will deliver a package of video and data services in Phoenix in the summer of 1998. The Denver-based Baby Bell says it plans to offer about 120 television channels, 40 digital channels and Internet access over variable digital subscriber lines (VDSL). Consumers can download data and images at much faster speeds over VDSL technology than over commercially available modems. The interactive product's fees will be 'comparable' to the monthly rates charged by Cox Communications, the principal cable-TV provider in Phoenix, according to U S West. The VDSL service will be available to around 400,000 Phoenix households by Oct 1998 and 700,000 residences by the end of 1998, the company said.

Telephone Communication, Other Telecommunications, Other Telecom Services, DSL, DSL (Digital subscriber line), Cable television, Company service introduction, Service introduction, Cable television/data services, Company technology development, Internet access, U S WEST Communications Inc.

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MCI WorldCom to launch Web service via traditional copper phone lines

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MCI WorldCom Inc. announced it is expanding its Internet services by offering broadband access via DSL directly to small business and to ISPs nationwide. DSL, Digital Subscriber Line, is an ultra-fast service through copper telephone lines that the company will have to lease, in part, from Bell phone companies or GTE. It expects the service will cost an individual $40-$60 per month for the service.

United States, On-Line Information Services, Videotex & Teletext, Telegraph & other communications, Services introduction, Abstract, WCOM, World Wide Web, MCI Inc.

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