100 Mbit/s on Fibre to the home

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Sunday June 6, 1999 @02:39AM from the wouldn't-it-be-nice dept.

KeefR writes "According to ct (a german computer magazin), BellSouth is going to provide internet access in Atlanta based on a Passive Optic Network (PON) with a speed of 100 Mbit/s and more. The Network is based on ATM and you get a Fast-Ethernet Port (using some kind of hardware). It's limited to 400 users in the first phase. The first users'll get a 100Mbit/s internet connection, 120 digital and 70 analog video channels and 31 digital audio channels. The cost is about 60 US-$. The article is in german, translation at babelfish "

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BellSouth's web page by Anonymous Coward · 1999-06-05 23:28 · Score: 3

For those who want it straight from the source, check out BellSouth's web page.
PON Link by Signal+11 · 1999-06-06 00:00 · Score: 3

New marketing slogan:

Download hot xxx graphics via your new PO(r)N link!

sorry.. had to say it. :)

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