CAIS Internet Makes DSL Available To Small Businesses
Internet service provider CAIS Internet says it is makingDigital Subscriber Line service available immediately to
consumers and small businesses in Washington, D.C., and
parts of Maryland and Virginia. The service, called
HyperDSL, will be rolled out in Chicago, Dallas,
Philadelphia, Los Angeles, the New York-New Jersey area,
and San Francisco in the first quarter of 1999.
DSL uses existing telephone lines to provide a permanent
high-speed connection to the Internet, eliminating the need
for dialing in. The technology also supports simultaneous
voice, data, and video transfers, which improves the
performance of interactive multimedia applications such as
video catalogs, home shopping, and specialized PC services.
HyperDSL will be priced at $57.95 per month for a single
user, for speeds of 640 Kbps (more than 20 times faster than
a 28.8-Kbps modem) and 7.1 Mbps (some 250 times faster). A
separate service for LAN access, called HyperLAN ADSL, will
provide access for up to 10 users and be priced at $179.95.
CAIS plans to add additional levels of service within the
next 30 days.
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