Broadview Networks Begins Controlled Introduction of High-Speed Internet Service in New York City and Long Island.Business and Hi-Tech Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 19, 2000 Broadview Networks Broadview Networks is a network-based electronically integrated communications provider (e-ICP) serving small and medium-sized businesses in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic United States. , a leading-edge, facilities-based integrated communications provider (ICP (1) (Internet Cache Protocol) A protocol used by one proxy server to query another for a cached Web page without having to go to the Internet to retrieve it. See CARP and proxy server. ) in the Northeast, today announced that it has begun a controlled introduction of high-speed Internet See broadband. service in selected areas of Brooklyn, Queens and Long Island. The company said it is offering current business and residential customers three flat-fee packages combining "always-on" Internet access See how to access the Internet. via xDSL (digital subscriber line See DSL. (communications, protocol) Digital Subscriber Line - (DSL, or Digital Subscriber Loop, xDSL - see below) A family of digital telecommunications protocols designed to allow high speed data communication over the existing copper telephone lines between end-users and ) technology with online browsing, personal Web space and e-mail services See Internet e-mail service. - all with unlimited usage. Available with different connection speeds, Broadview Networks' Internet service can deliver downstream connections (for data traveling to a customer) at up to 1.5 megabits per second (unit) megabits per second - (Mbps, Mb/s) Millions of bits per second. A unit of data rate. 1 Mb/s = 1,000,000 bits per second (not 1,048,576). E.g. Ethernet can carry 10 Mbps. (Mbps), or more than 50 times faster than dial-up access hot Dial-up access is a form of Internet access via telephone line. The client uses a modem connected to a computer and a telephone line to dial into an Internet service provider's (ISP) node to establish a modem-to-modem link, which is then routed to the Internet. using a traditional 28.8-kilobits per second (Kbps) modem and more than 25 times faster than with a 56-Kbps modem. "Our high-speed Internet solutions are remarkably fast, simple to use, and truly integrated with all of our communications services," said Vern M. Kennedy, president and chief executive officer of Broadview Networks. "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 businesses and households now have a new option for affordable, convenient bundled voice and broadband services from a reliable, full-service communications provider." In its controlled introduction, Broadview Networks is offering Internet packages with the following downstream connection speeds, for these monthly fees: 384 Kbps (seven times faster than with a 56-Kbps modem), for $65; 640 Kbps (11 times faster than with a 56-Kbps modem), for $115; and 1.5 Mbps, for $245. The xDSL technology that Broadview Networks is using transmits data at ultra-fast speeds over existing copper telephone wires, enabling a customer to browse Web pages or send e-mail messages, for example, while talking on the phone on the same line. Employing its superior customer-support systems and integrated data and voice network, the company has the ability to offer both a traditional voice product suite and a next-generation set of data services and applications - with one bill and one point of contact. Broadview Networks, a leading-edge, facilities-based integrated communications provider in the Northeast, is committed to offering wide-ranging communications solutions and personal service that exceed the expectations of small and medium-sized businesses and residential customers. The New York-based company is building an integrated data and voice network to support such next-generation offerings as high-speed Internet service via xDSL technology, along with various other Internet, data, and voice solutions. Combining superior technology with a customer focus, Broadview Networks uses its proprietary operational support system to deliver exceptional one-source customer service and account management. The company also provides a single, easy-to-understand bill and donates a portion of its revenues to customer-selected community charities. For more information, visit the company's website at http://www.broadviewnet.com. (c) 2000 Broadview Networks, Inc. |
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