Cox Communications launches high-speed Internet service.ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 17, 1996--Cox@Home Network, a high-speed Internet See broadband. service, was launched today to Cox Communications Cox Communications is a privately owned subsidiary of Cox Enterprises providing digital cable television and telecommunications services in the United States. It is the third-largest[2] cable television provider in the United States, serving more than 6. customers in the Mission Viejo Mission Vi·e·jo A community of southern California southeast of Irvine. It is mainly residential. Population: 96,300. area of Orange County, Calif. Cox@Home Network combines unparalleled Internet access See how to access the Internet. speeds with a unique offering of national and local content. The new service will be provided in conjunction with @Home Network, a pioneering provider of high-speed interactive services via cable infrastructure. Cox's broadband network allows much more data to be transferred per second than a telephone line, minimizing the time it traditionally takes to access web sites and download and transfer files. Cox@Home Network will transmit data at up to hundreds of times faster than a typical analog telephone modem, making access to the Internet virtually "instant" and allowing users to experience video and graphically intense material that is too cumbersome via telephone modems. Cox@Home Network users can stay connected to the service 24 hours a day and enjoy real-time delivery of news and information from the world and their local communities. Cox@Home does not require a telephone line, so customers will not have busy phone lines while connected to the Internet. The service allows for simultaneous use of computers and televisions connected to cable. "Offering new products and services adds value for our customers, and brings us another step toward being a full-service telecommunications company See telecom company. ," said Jim Robbins, President and Chief Executive Officer of Cox Communications. "Cox@Home Network's unique attributes give us an unassailable competitive advantage in the Internet access business, and add a new perspective to the Internet experience." Cox@Home Network includes a high-speed cable modem cable modem Modem used to convert analog data signals to digital form and vise versa, for transmission or receipt over cable television lines, especially for connecting to the Internet. ; 24-hour-a-day unlimited access to the Internet; a Netscape Navigator An earlier Web browser for Windows, Macintosh and X Windows from Netscape that provided secure transmission over the Internet. Soon after its introduction in 1994, Navigator, or just "Netscape," as it was commonly called, quickly became the leading browser on the Web. browser browser Software that allows a computer user to find and view information on the Internet. The first text-based browser for the World Wide Web became available in 1991; Web use expanded rapidly after the release in 1993 of a browser called Mosaic, which used ; electronic mail and chat; an Internet guide designed by Home; and 24-hour a day, seven day a week customer service. The service's high-speed capabilities will provide customers with an experience enhanced by rich graphics, CD-quality audio and real-time video. Cox will provide local content, including community news, information and entertainment, in a section uniquely designed to fit Orange County's needs. This local "city site" will be built in conjunction with Cox Interactive Media, a sister company that pioneered the distribution of local content on the web. For more information about Cox@Home Network, go to www.home.net/cox@home, or call 800/234-3224. If you live in Orange County and would like to be notified when Cox@Home Network comes to your neighborhood, send an e-mail to cable.modem.oc@cox.com . @Home Network connects personal computer users to the Internet using high-speed cable modems and its proprietary network. The cable connection provides users significant increases in speed over conventional Internet access, and @Home's network allows for unique content offerings that go beyond current Web experiences. @Home Network and its cable partners are marketing the high-speed Internet access service in Fremont, Calif., Baltimore, Md., and Orange County, Calif. @Home's cable partners include Cox Communications, Inc., Tele-communications, Inc., and Comcast Corporation. Based in Mountain View, Calif., the @Home Network was formed in 1995. Investors in the company include Tele-communications, Inc., Comcast Corporation, Cox Communications and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. The company distributes high-speed interactive services to residences, businesses and schools using the cable industry's hybrid fiber-coaxial distribution architecture. @Home Network's home page on the World Wide Web is http://www.home.net . Cox Communications, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :COX) is among the nation's largest multiple system operators, serving some 3.2 million customers. Cox is a fully integrated, diversified diversified (di·verˑ·s broadband communications company Communications Company is a communications unit of the United States Marine Corps. They are part of Combat Logistics Regiment 37 , 3rd Marine Logistics Group (3MLG) and III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF). The unit is based out of the Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. with interests in wired telecommunications, including cable television and telephone services; wireless telecommunications, including personal communications services See PCS. and direct-to-home satellite television; and programming networks. Cox was recently name No. 1 in customer satisfaction in the cable industry by J.D. Power and Associates. More information on Cox Communications can be found on the Internet at www.cox.com . CONTACT: Cox Communications Ellen East, 404/843-5854 or @Home Network Lynda Lucero, 415/569-5193 |
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