ACS Announces Name Changes.Two familiar communications brands--ATU and MACtel--became part of Alaska Communications Systems This article is about the current telecommunications company. For the historical "Alaska Communications System", see AT&T Alascom. Alaska Communications Systems, (or ACS) is a telecommunications corporation, headquartered in Anchorage, Alaska. as they adopted the name and logo of the parent company, Alaska Communications Systems Group Inc. ACS (Asynchronous Communications Server) See network access server. purchased ATU (ADSL Transceiver Unit) A device that provides ADSL modulation of the telephone line. The device at the telco side is the ATU-C (Central), which is a line card plugged into the DSLAM. , MACtel and the PTI PTI - Portable Tool Interface Communications companies in May 1999. ACS logos will be mounted on company buildings throughout the state, including Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, Kodiak, North Pole and Sitka. ACS serves 74 Alaska communities, offering local, long distance, cellular, Internet and wireless cable. MACtel, which operates a statewide digital cellular network, will become ACS Wireless. ATU Telecommunications, formerly owned by the Municipality of Anchorage and a provider of local telephone service for more than 80 years, will now be known as ACS. |
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