ATU-LD's New Business Rates Dip as Low as 9 Cents-a-Minute.ANCHORAGE, Alaska--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 5, 1998--Alaska's long distance price leader has introduced a new calling plan that offers business rates as low as 9 cents-a-minute. 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. Long Distance's "Good Morning Rates" enable businesses to place interstate calls for as little as 9 cents a minute between the hours of 4 a.m. and noon, Alaska time. "With the time difference between Alaska and the lower 48, businesses often need to call in the mornings," said Mark Foster, President of ATU Long Distance. "We designed this program to give our small and mid-sized businesses more parity with their larger competitors." Foster said the "Good Morning Rates" are among the lowest in the nation and part of the competitive advantage ATU Long Distance has brought to the Alaska market. "ATU Long Distance's initiatives continue to lead AT&T (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :T) and GCI GCI Ground Circuit Interrupter GCI Getty Conservation Institute GCI Global Commerce Initiative GCI Green Cross International (non-profit international environmental organization) GCI Growth Competitiveness Index GCI Great Cities Institute (Nasdaq:GNCMA) toward further price cutting to stay competitive in the Alaska market," Foster said. "Since we entered the market 18 months ago, business rates in many cases have fallen more than 50 percent." ATU Long Distance is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of ATU Telecommunications, the largest local exchange carrier in Alaska and one of the largest independent telephone companies in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . ATU Long Distance provides long distance service throughout most of Alaska.
CONTACT: ATU Long Distance
Mark Foster, 907/276-5303
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