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AOL has now added Covad DSL high speed internet access to their product offerings. The service, Covad's ADSL 6.0, will start at $39.95 per month, and feature a maximum 6 Mbps download speed and 768 kbps upload speed.

The move is another in AOL's attempts to switch their dial-up subscribers to broadband internet services.

Telecommunications Giant, AT&T, is expanding broadband internet coverage to 100% of the customers in their service area.
AT&T Yahoo!� DSL plans to offer serveral Satellite Internet plans to locations where DSL is not yet available.

The official launch date for T1 Line Atlanta has been set for June 1, 2006. Specializing in dedicated telecommunications products for business in the Atlanta, Georgia area, the site features a real-time price and availability quoting for T1, DSL, OC3, and other business voice and data lines.

Customers will be able to network with business telecommunications product specialists. The product specialist will help the buyers assess their needs, and recommend the proper telecom product(s) and the most economical solutions. The product specialist can then refer the buyer to one or more of 20 different providers, and assist in the paperwork and provisioning process. All of the consulting services are free to Atlanta area businesses.

The site also features News and Information for Atlanta area businesses.

Citing a report from the Leichtman Research Group, Tech Web informs us that the trend towards broadband continues.

According to Tech Web, "A total of 3.06 million net additional subscribers signed up for broadband in the quarter, bringing the total of high-speed Web subscribers to nearly 46 million. Nearly 25.8 million subscribers have cable, while DSL is used by about 20.2 million subscribers."

In a security advisory on the General Motors web site, GM Dealer World, all GM dealers are advised to use a dedicated T1 Line for their internet connections. The advisory is in response to indiscriminate attacks on dealers and corporate computers. General Motors Dealers are encouraged to adopt a multi-level approach that includes the use of a T-1 internet connection. To view the entire advisory go to http://www.gmde.net/security/.

We are back. This is a long overdue post, but the past several months have taken us places we could not have imagined. We don't care to bore our readers with stories of natural disasters, hard knock schooling, and unforeseen changes in our business life, so suffice it to say, "thank you everyone (you know who you are) for your support and patronage.

Our business is currently being remodled. For too long our efforts have been misdirected, and we are now refocusing our priorities. We will be paying less attention to our marketing of Residential DSL, Cable, and Satellite High Speed Internet Access. While those products have been very good to us, and we will not drop them completely, we feel our resources are better utilized when we focus on Business Broadband and Telecommunications Services.

Initially, we will our target markets will be cities with dynamic business climates, like Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, LA, San Diego, and Seattle. We will be presenting T1 Lines and other business broadband products to small and medium sized businesses in these markets. ( We have already started to market T1 Lines in Atlanta. )

So, after a prolonged absence, here we go again.