Bandwidth Market Announces the World's Largest Internet Access Catalog.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 14, 2000 Bandwidth Market, Ltd. announced the world's largest on-line catalog catalog, descriptive list, on cards or in a book, of the contents of a library. Assurbanipal's library at Nineveh was cataloged on shelves of slate. The first known subject catalog was compiled by Callimachus at the Alexandrian Library in the 3d cent. B.C. for Internet access See how to access the Internet. today. "We have added Internet access to our product line because the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the is doubling in traffic about every 3 months. Data traffic surpassed voice traffic last year, and data is already about 80% of traffic. In another two years, voice traffic will be about 1% of total traffic. Being the best online site for buying and selling Internet access is vital to building our online leadership," said Howard Holme HOLME Handshape, Orientation, Location, Movement, and Expression (sign language) , President of the privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. from its Denver, Colorado, headquarters. Businesses can search the Bandwidth Market database (www.bandwidthmarket.com) for free. Prices are listed for 200 US cities connecting to the worldwide Internet at speeds ranging from T-1 (1.544 Million bits per second, or Mbps) to OC-12 (622 Mbps, the equivalent of 8,064 voice phone lines). "All businesses need fast, reliable connections to the Internet, for email, for sending data and multimedia traffic among branch offices, and for connecting with customers and suppliers from their websites," explained Barbara Shaw, the company's Vice President. "A 1.5 Mbps line has enough capacity for many users to be on the Internet at the same time. In some cities, we offer guaranteed two-way access to the Internet at this speed for only $455 per month, which includes a permanent 'always-on' connection to the Internet (no need to dial up), the local loop, the customer premise equipment, and 10 email boxes. For the same package at 256 Kbps, the cost is $109 per month," Holme said. In over 200 cities Bandwidth Market offers dedicated, "always-on," two-way connections to the Internet at: 1.5 Mbps for $750/month 45 Mbps for $17,000/month for 1 year 155 Mbps for $55,000/month for 2 years 655 Mbps for $230,000/month for 2 years Bandwidth Market says it has both the world's largest catalog of Internet access prices and the world's largest catalog of bandwidth prices. The website lists over 300,000 dedicated or private line circuits, with a cumulative value of over $1 billion per month. The web site lists prices from T1 to OC3 speeds among hundreds of cities--Bakersfield, CA, to Billerica, MA; Reno, NV, to Ramsey, NJ; or New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of to Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , London, Prague or Helsinki. Bandwidth Market is a business-to-business, e-commerce e-commerce, commerce conducted over the Internet, most often via the World Wide Web. E-commerce can apply to purchases made through the Web or to business-to-business activities such as inventory transfers. , Internet-based market listing offers to sell and bids to buy telecom services. It operates on commissions from completed sales. Telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. competition is fierce; bandwidth quantities are exploding and prices are dropping. Stock market declines of telecom and dot.com companies starting in March have spurred companies to streamline telecom sales. Holme says: "Our market is much more convenient and efficient for buyers and sellers than haggling at trade shows, or accepting standard retail prices. It can greatly reduce shopping time for buyers, and greatly reduce sales costs for sellers." |
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