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DSLExtreme is excited to announce that we will be expanding our DSL service within the Verizon footprint. We have completed our implementation process and are currently seeking beta testers in these areas. If you reside in one of the areas below, have local phone service with Verizon and are willing to be a beta tester for DSLExtreme, please send me an IM with the following information.

• Name
• Phone Number (Contact & DSL)
• Service Address
• Email Address

Clients who participate will receive 3 months of free service.

Service Areas

LATA 130 Rhode Island
LATA 132 New York Metro
LATA 226 Capital, PA
LATA 236 Washington, DC
LATA 332 South Bend, IN
LATA 334 Auburn/Huntington, IN
LATA 336 Indianapolis, IN
LATA 348 Grand Rapids, MI
LATA 250 Northeast, WI
LATA 254 Southwest, WI
LATA 366 Forrest, IL
LATA 426 Raleigh, NC
LATA 552 Dallas, TX
LATA 558 Austin, TX
LATA 570 Hearne, TX
LATA 672 Portland, OR
LATA 674 Seattle, WA
LATA 924 Erie, PA
LATA 938 Terre Haute, IN
LATA 952 Gulf Coast, FL
LATA 961 San Angelo, TX
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George
General Manager
DSLExtreme
Will work for reviews. ;)

CHARLESTON, W.Va.
Verizon West Virginia is investing nearly five million dollars to bring high-speed Internet access to rural areas of the state.

House Committee releases draft broadband legislation
»energycommerce.house.gov/108/New···642.htm

Information courtesy of
Roy Starrin
National/International News Editor
www.VirginiaNewsSource.com
starrin@virginianewssource.com

July 28, 2005

LAS VEGAS – Residents of the Las Vegas area now have a new, low-cost, feature-rich option for telephone service with VoiceWing, an Internet-based calling service from Verizon.

“VoiceWing lets you use something familiar – your own home phone and broadband connection – to save money and communicate in exciting new ways,” said Michelle Swittenberg, executive director for Verizon’s consumer VoIP services.

Verizon has lowered the monthly price for new customers to 19.95/month for the first 3 months, then 29.95/month thereafter. This is sure to atract more customers. »verizon.net

»the.honoluluadvertiser.com/artic···4p.html

Concerns linger as phone deal finalized

By Sean Hao
Advertiser Staff Writer

Nearly one year after the deal was first announced, Verizon Hawaii is scheduled tomorrow to become Hawaiian Telcom upon the close of a $1.6 billion sale to The Carlyle Group.

Verizon last week announced an enterprise version of software that lets users receive phone calls, e-mail and instant messages through a single Web-based portal. The Iobi Enterprise tools give workers real-time remote control of phone traffic, messaging alerts and other communications capabilities.

»starbulletin.com/2005/04/09/news···x2.html

Verizon sale terms
reached
Dropping the price by $50 million
helps meet the conditions set
by state regulators
By Dave Segal
dsegal@starbulletin.com

Nearly a month after getting conditional state approval for their deal, local telephone provider Verizon Hawaii and its buyer, the Carlyle Group, finally have a connection.

It wasn't easy, though, as parent company Verizon Communications Inc. and the private equity investment firm negotiated for weeks and into the final hour yesterday before a Public Utilities Commission deadline to request reconsideration of the requirements the agency imposed on the sale.

BEDMINSTER, N.J., April 4 - Verizon Wireless, the nation's leading wireless provider, today announced it is offering an affordable, turn-key fleet management solution targeted to small and medium businesses
within the transportation, logistics, construction, utilities, and delivery industries. The Fleet Administrator(SM) solution provides small to medium businesses with vital vehicle location information needed to improve their operational efficiencies, reduce costs, and grow their business through better utilization of their mobile resources. Fleet Administrator is provided through installation of a wireless device in the fleet vehicle or vehicles and a software application that is installed on the office computer. Developed by Navman Wireless, the Fleet Administrator solution from Verizon Wireless requires no customization or integration and provides everything needed to get up and running including in-vehicle device
installation, software application, customer training, and complete technical support. Full article PR Newswire

LONDON - Global DSL subscriber base sailed past the 100 million mark in February with most developing countries recording excellent growth, a survey released today said. The survey revealed that people are choosing DSL for broadband access at the rate of one every second.

BALTIMORE (AP) — Verizon Communications is ending its voice-dialing service, a system relied upon by people with blindness or paralysis.
About 60,000 customers from West Virginia to Maine use the service.

"That's something that helped me be relatively self-reliant," said Steve Topchik, a vision-impaired Baltimore man.

As an alternative, Verizon is offering users a voice-activated dialing terminal that attaches to their phones at what it says is a deeply discounted price of about $200, including taxes and shipping. Story Continues @ usatoday.com

i-Newswire, 2005-02-19 - SHILLINGTON, Pa. - More consumers and businesses in Berks County can enjoy the benefits of high-speed Internet access now that Verizon Online has expanded its availability here.

»news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/securi···,00.htm

Dan Ilett
ZDNet UK
February 15, 2005, 15:15 GMT


Will Verizon's proposed multi-billion dollar take-over of MCI send spam levels rocketing or help bring the problem under control?


Campaigners are divided over the impact that Verizon's proposed $6.75bn buyout of MCI could have on spam levels.



Anti-spam campaign group Spamhaus is concerned that the deal, announced on Monday, will create more safe havens for spammers to operate in.

Wire Story From
The Wall Street Journal

The boards of MCI Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc.

»www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/ar···n18.html

WASHINGTON, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Verizon Communications, the largest U.S. local telephone company, plans to offer high-speed Internet service without also requiring customers to subscribe to its telephone service, company officials said on Friday.

The type of high-speed Internet service Verizon Communications soon will offer Fort Wayne customers has been receiving favorable reviews for four months from those who already have it in Keller, Texas.

Verizon officials announced this week plans to make fiber-optic technology available to 65,000 homes and businesses in parts of Allen County, including New Haven, at a cost of about $65 million to $75 million. Installation for the service could begin this spring. The service will allow a single line to handle telephones, faxes, the Internet and, eventually, cable television and other entertainment – and could boost efforts to attract new employers to the area.

Story Continues ...

»news.com.com/Verizon+hikes+DSL+p···462.html