CABLE & WIRELESS LEAPS INTO CONSUMER NET ACESS MARKET.With the dust finally settling around its $1.75bn acquisition of MCI (1) (Media Control Interface) A high-level programming interface from Microsoft and IBM for controlling multimedia devices. It provides commands and functions to open, play and close the device. (2) (Microwave Communications Inc. Corp's US internet business, Cable & Wireless has taken the opportunity to relaunch its consumer service. The Cable & Wireless Internet Xperience (CWIX CWIX Cable & Wireless Internet Exchange ) offers 150 online hours and a free personal home page for a $14.95 monthly charge. Rival AT&T still lists its competing package, WorldNet, at $19.95. CWIX customers will also be offered the option of signing with C&W long distance. ISPs who buy bandwidth from C&W only to face competition from its subsidiary could be forgiven for viewing the arrangement with trepidation. "It's not as complicated as it seems," said a C&W spokesperson, "will the big push into the consumer market cannibalize can·ni·bal·ize v. can·ni·bal·ized, can·ni·bal·iz·ing, can·ni·bal·iz·es v.tr. 1. To remove serviceable parts from (damaged airplanes, for example) for use in the repair of other equipment of the same our ISP (1) See in-system programmable. (2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines. business? No." CWIX director Bruce Gudenberg explains that within the parent company, CWIX is treated exactly the same as any other ISP customer. |
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